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Unscored CVE-2018-17205 EUVD-2018-8967GHSA-vxv4-rrx9-5xfq

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting ofproto_rule_insert__ in ofproto/ofproto.c. During bundle comm…

Published Sep 19, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting ofproto_rule_insert__ in ofproto/ofproto.c. During bundle commit, flows that are added in a bundle are applied to ofproto in order. If a flow cannot be added (e.g., the flow action is a go-to for a group id that does not exist), OvS tries to revert back all previous flows that were successfully applied from the same bundle. This is possible since OvS maintains list of old flows that were replaced by flows from the bundle. While reinserting old flows, OvS has an assertion failure due to a check on rule state != RULE_INITIALIZED. This would work for new flows, but for an old flow the rule state is RULE_REMOVED. The assertion failure causes an OvS crash.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openvswitch 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1 —
Debian 13 openvswitch 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1 —
Debian 12 openvswitch 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openvswitch 2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 USN-3873-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS openvswitch 2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 USN-3873-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 openvswitch +7 2.9.0-70.el7fdp.1 RHSA-2018:3500
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat OpenStack 13 openvswitch +6 2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1 RHSA-2019:0081
Red Hat OpenStack 10 openvswitch +7 2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1 RHSA-2019:0053
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP3 openvswitch 2.7.6-3.23.1 SUSE-SU-2018:4128-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 openvswitch 2.7.6-3.23.1 SUSE-SU-2018:4128-1

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