Executive Summary

Summary
Title Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3450-1 First vendor Publication 2017-10-11
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Open vSwitch.

Software Description: - openvswitch: Ethernet virtual switch

Details:

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. (CVE-2017-9214)

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. (CVE-2017-9263)

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. (CVE-2017-9264)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled group mod OpenFlow messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9265)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
openvswitch-common 2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
openvswitch-common 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3450-1
CVE-2017-9214, CVE-2017-9263, CVE-2017-9264, CVE-2017-9265

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3450-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
25 % CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
25 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 6
Application 1
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0020.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-45625fecca.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-12 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3450-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-973.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-21 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-2212-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-671e8c760f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-10-13 13:25:48
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-11 17:22:25
  • First insertion