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Improper Input Validation Affecting openvswitch package, versions <2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-OPENVSWITCH-278704
  • published29 May 2017
  • disclosed29 May 2017
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Introduced: 29 May 2017

CVE-2017-9263  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 openvswitch to version 2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch package and not the openvswitch package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role status reasons in the function ofp_print_role_status_message in lib/ofp-print.c that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch.