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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9264

In lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP, and IPv6...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP, and IPv6 packets in the functions extract_l3_ipv6, extract_l4_tcp, and extract_l4_udp that can be triggered remotely.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 openvswitch

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.1+dfsg1-2"}]}]

Debian:13 openvswitch

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.1+dfsg1-2"}]}]

Debian:14 openvswitch

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.1+dfsg1-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org