| Name | CVE-2018-17204 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method in lib/ofp-util.c. When decoding a group mod, it validates the group type and command after the whole group mod has been decoded. The OF1.5 decoder, however, tries to use the type and command earlier, when it might still be invalid. This causes an assertion failure (via OVS_NOT_REACHED). ovs-vswitchd does not enable support for OpenFlow 1.5 by default. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2571-1 |
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 | fixed | |
| 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 | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| openvswitch | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| openvswitch | source | stretch | 2.6.10-0+deb9u1 | DLA-2571-1 | ||
| openvswitch | source | (unstable) | 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1 |
[jessie] - openvswitch <not-affected> (Vulnerable code does not exist; no such function)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/9740d81d94888cb158fa99a9366fe2b32b3e4aaa (master)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/8976ea1d680ab7a2d726a50e5666aa8fefd24168 (branch-2.8)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/4af6da3b275b764b1afe194df6499b33d2bf4cde (branch-2.7)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/fbe37f3ccc819a044a500fb5da13d3e53596c2a7 (branch-2.6)
ovs-vswitchd does not enable support for OpenFlow 1.5 by default.