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TI-2017-06706 Aliases CVE-2017-9264GHSA-r4pw-w7qg-248f

In lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP, and IPv6 packets in the functions `extract_l3_ipv6`, `extract_l4_tcp`, and `extract_l4_udp` that can be triggered remotely.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02415 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.1VulnerableOpenvswitch
  • cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.1 Vulnerable ·Openvswitch

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2017:2727 Released 2017-09-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openvswitch security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 openvswitch-2.6.1-13.git20161206.el7ost, openvswitch-ovn-central-2.6.1-13.git20161206.el7ost, openvswitch-ovn-common-2.6.1-13.git20161206.el7ost +4
  • RHSA-2017:2648 Released 2017-09-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openvswitch security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 openvswitch-2.6.1-13.git20161206.el7ost, python-openvswitch-2.6.1-13.git20161206.el7ost
  • RHSA-2017:2418 Released 2017-08-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openvswitch security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openvswitch-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp, openvswitch-devel-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp, openvswitch-ovn-central-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp +6
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Management Agent for RHEL 7.6 EUS Hosts openvswitch-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp, openvswitch-devel-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp, openvswitch-ovn-common-2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed RHSA-2017:2418
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2017:2648
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0Fixed RHSA-2017:2727
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Management Agent for RHEL 7.6 EUS HostsFixed RHSA-2017:2418
Not affected: 7 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9264
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4pw-w7qg-248f

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2024-15067 openvswitch 2.17.8 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in openvswitch-2.17.8/lib/util.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-01905 Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18020 Uncontrolled resource consumption in openvswitch CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-06707 In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06664 In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REPLY type OFP 1.0… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03972 An integer underflow in Organization Specific TLV was found in various versions of OpenvSwitch. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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