USN-3450-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9214)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-10-11 11:54 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website
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Summary
openvswitch vulnerabilities
Details

Bhargava Shastry discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain OFP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9214)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain OpenFlow role messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9263)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-9264)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled group mod OpenFlow messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9265)

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  "id": "USN-3450-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:13Z",
  "published": "2017-10-11T11:54:52Z",
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