CVE-2017-9263

openvswitch: Invalid processing of a malicious OpenFlow role status message

Published May 29, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18199 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3450-1 Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:02 PM
Reserved
May 28, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 29, 2017, 4:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 26, 2017, 12:00 AM