CVE-2017-9214

high-risk

Published 2017-05-23

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REPLY type OFP 1.0 message, there is a buffer over-read that is caused by an unsigned integer underflow in the function `ofputil_pull_queue_get_config_reply10` in `lib/ofp-util.c`.

Do I need to act?

3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Debian Linux

Openstack

Virtualization Manager

Virtualization

Openvswitch

Openstack

Virtualization

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Openvswitch

References (18)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html

Mailing List https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332711.html