CVE-2017-9263: Input Validation
First published: Mon May 29 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Open vSwitch (Cloudbase) | =2.7.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332966.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1456797
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457327
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