CVE-2017-9263
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role status reasons in the function `ofp_print_role_status_message` in `lib/ofp-print.c` that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch.
How to fix CVE-2017-9263
To remediate CVE-2017-9263, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openvswitch—upgrade to 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 or later
Is CVE-2017-9263 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.8.1+dfsg1-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |