UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2018-17206
Downstream
USN-3873-1
Published: 19 Sept 2018, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Sept 2018, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:54
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•openvswitch

    < 2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

References (3)