vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-9264: Moderate: openvswitch security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2418)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 29, 2017 | Aug 28, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 29, 2017
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
In lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP, and IPv6 packets in the functions `extract_l3_ipv6`, `extract_l4_tcp`, and `extract_l4_udp` that can be triggered remotely.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-openvswitchcentos-upgrade-openvswitch-debuginfocentos-upgrade-openvswitch-develcentos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-centralcentos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-commoncentos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-dockercentos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-hostcentos-upgrade-openvswitch-ovn-vtepcentos-upgrade-openvswitch-testcentos-upgrade-python-openvswitch
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