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FreeBSD: openvswitch -- MPLS buffer overflow (CVE-2016-2074)

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FreeBSD: openvswitch -- MPLS buffer overflow (CVE-2016-2074)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/30/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-openvswitch

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