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CVE-2017-9263

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00126
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

1
openvswitchall versions

Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 May 2017 · 04:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:0505-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:0311-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2212-1
rhsaRHSA-2017:2727Moderate
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References & Sources

1
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