CVE-2016-2074 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8