CVE-2016-2074

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2074
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-03 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-23 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.2.0 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.0 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.2 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.4.0 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.2.0 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.0 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.3.2 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1318553 – (CVE-2016-2074) CVE-2016-2074 openvswitch: MPLS buffer overflow vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Open vSwitch: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201701-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE-2016-2074 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3533-1 openvswitch DEBIAN www.debian.org
[ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 2.4.1 and 2.3.3 Available MLIST openvswitch.org Patch
[ovs-announce] CVE-2016-2074: MPLS buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Open vSwitch MLIST openvswitch.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Open vSwitch CVE-2016-2074 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates CONFIRM support.citrix.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710413 Gentoo Linux Open vSwitch Remote execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-07)
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