Out-of-bounds Read in Openvswitch
CVE-2018-17206
An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.020 (79.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Openvswitch
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Redhat Openstack — versions 10, 13
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17206?
- CVE-2018-17206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openvswitch, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-09-19.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17206?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.