CVE-2017-9264

En la biblioteca lib/conntrack.c en la implementación del firewall en Open vSwitch (OvS) versión 2.6.1, se presenta una lectura excesiva del búfer mientras se analizan los paquetes TCP, UDP e IPv6 malformados en las funciones “extract_l3_ipv6”, “extract_l4_tcp” y “extract_l4_udp” que pueden ser activadas remotamente.

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).

Bhargava Shastry discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain OFP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain OpenFlow role messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. Various other issues were also addressed.