CVE-2017-9265
A buffer over-read issue was found in Open vSwitch (OvS) which emerged while parsing the GroupMod OpenFlow messages sent from the controller. The issue could enable an attacker to cause a denial of service type of attack.
Find out more about CVE-2017-9265 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 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts | RHSA-2017:2418 | 2017-08-03 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2553 | 2017-08-30 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | RHSA-2017:2418 | 2017-08-03 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2727 | 2017-09-13 |
| Channel to provide early releases to layered products (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2418 | 2017-08-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2665 | 2017-09-06 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2648 | 2017-09-06 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2692 | 2017-09-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (openvswitch) | RHSA-2017:2698 | 2017-09-12 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | openvswitch | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | openvswitch | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | openvswitch | Will not fix |