CVE-2017-9263 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2017-9263

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2017-9263

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from openvswitch

View All →
CVE-2021-36980
Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free...
Unknown 0
CVE-2019-25076
The TSS (Tuple Space Search) algorithm in Open vSwitch 2.x...
Medium 5.8
CVE-2018-17206
An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through...
Medium 4.9
CVE-2018-17205
An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through...
High 7.5
CVE-2018-17204
An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through...
Medium 4.3

Affected Vendor

openvswitch

View all reports →

Affected Software

openvswitch
Vulnerable Versions:
2.7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 29th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.