USN-3450-1: Open vSwitch vulnerabilities

11 October 2017

openvswitch vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Open vSwitch.

Software Description

openvswitch - Ethernet virtual switch

Details

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)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04: openvswitch-common - 2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: openvswitch-common - 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.