Upstream information

CVE-2016-2074 at MITRE

Description

Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 972957 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Cloud 5 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP1 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS openvswitch Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 openvswitch Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 openvswitch Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Mar 29 03:19:36 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 16:46:52 2024