Medium severity · published May 29, 2017
CVE-2017-9263
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…
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openvswitch · Openvswitch
2.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9263
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9263
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
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