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Unscored USN-3450-1 3 CVEs

openvswitch vulnerabilities

Published Oct 11, 2017 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS openvswitch 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9214
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9263
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9264
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9265