DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9263

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CVE-2017-9263
Published: 29 May 2017, 04:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 May 2017, 04:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•openvswitch

    < 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 | < 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 | < 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 | < 2.8.1+dfsg1-2

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