CVE-2017-9264 (GCVE-0-2017-9264)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-29 03:52 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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| https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2017-05-28 00:00
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