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Unscored USN-3873-1 3 CVEs

openvswitch vulnerabilities

Published Jan 30, 2019 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly decoded certain packets. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-17204)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled processing certain
flows. 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 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17205)

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled BUNDLE action
decoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open
vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-17206)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS openvswitch 2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openvswitch 2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17204
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17205
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17206