CVE-2016-2074
A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the OVS processing of MPLS labels. A remote attacker able to deliver a frame containing a malicious MPLS label that would be processed by OVS could trigger the flaw and use the resulting memory corruption to cause a denial of service (DoS) or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Find out more about CVE-2016-2074 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2016:0523 | 2016-03-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2016:0524 | 2016-03-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | RHSA-2016:0537 | 2016-03-30 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2016:0615 | 2016-04-11 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | openvswitch-dpdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | openvswitch | Not affected |