Open vSwitch CVE-2018-17206 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:106675

Info

Open vSwitch CVE-2018-17206 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 106675
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2018-17206
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 25 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 25 2018 12:00AM
Credit: ClusterFuzz-External
Vulnerable: Redhat Virtualization Manager 4.2
Redhat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4
Redhat Virtualization 4
Redhat OpenStack Platform 9.0
Redhat OpenStack Platform 8.0
Redhat OpenStack Platform 13
Redhat OpenStack Platform 12
Redhat OpenStack Platform 10
Redhat OpenStack for IBM Power 13
Redhat OpenStack 9.0 Director for RHEL 7 0
Redhat OpenStack 8.0 Director for RHEL 7 0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.9.2
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.9
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.8.4
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.8
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.7.6
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.7
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.6.3
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.6
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.5.5
Openvswitch Openvswitch 2.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Open vSwitch CVE-2018-17206 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Open vSwitch is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Open vSwitch 2.5.x through 2.5.5, 2.6.x through 2.6.3, 2.7.x through 2.7.6, 2.8.x through 2.8.4, and 2.9.x through 2.9.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Open vSwitch CVE-2018-17206 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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