CVE-2017-9264

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-03-03
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1457329: CVE-2017-9264 openvswitch: Buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP and IPv6 packets
A buffer over-read was found in the Open vSwitch (OvS) firewall implementation. This flaw can be triggered by parsing a specially crafted TCP, UDP, or IPv6 packet. A remote attack could use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

Find out more about CVE-2017-9264 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Virtualization 4 RHSA-2017:2418 2017-08-03
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts RHSA-2017:2418 2017-08-03
Channel to provide early releases to layered products (openvswitch) RHSA-2017:2418 2017-08-03
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (openvswitch) RHSA-2017:2648 2017-09-06
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (openvswitch) RHSA-2017:2727 2017-09-13

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openvswitch Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) openvswitch Not affected

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