| Name | CVE-2017-9264 |
| Description | 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 | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 863661 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3.0+git20140819-3+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.6.10-0+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.1.0-2+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.4.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | source | experimental | 2.8.1+dfsg1-1 | |||
| openvswitch | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| openvswitch | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| openvswitch | source | (unstable) | 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 | unimportant | 863661 |
[jessie] - openvswitch <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present; connection tracking support introduced in 2.6.0)
[wheezy] - openvswitch <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present; connection tracking support introduced in 2.6.0)
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-March/329323.html
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