ubuntu-cve-2017-9263
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-05-29 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "openvswitch-common",
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          {
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          },
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          },
          {
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          {
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          {
            "binary_name": "python-openvswitch",
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9263",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:17Z",
  "published": "2017-05-29T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9263"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332966.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3450-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9263"
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  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-9263"
  ]
}



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