CVE-2018-17206

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxOpenStack

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3500
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0053
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0081
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3873-1/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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