Denial of Service attack when the switch rejects to receive packets from the controller.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Denial of Service attack when the switch rejects to receive packets from the controller. Component: This vulnerability affects OpenDaylight odl-l2switch-switch, which is the feature responsible for the OpenFlow communication. Version: OpenDaylight versions 3.3 (Lithium-SR3), 3.4 (Lithium-SR4), 4.0 (Beryllium), 4.1 (Beryllium-SR1), 4.2 (Beryllium-SR2), and 4.4 (Beryllium-SR4) are affected by this flaw. Java version is openjdk version 1.8.0_91.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opendaylight:opendaylight:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.3 | Vulnerable | OpenDayLight |
| cpe:2.3:a:opendaylight:opendaylight:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | OpenDayLight |
- cpe:2.3:a:opendaylight:opendaylight:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 Vulnerable ·OpenDayLight
- cpe:2.3:a:opendaylight:opendaylight:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·OpenDayLight
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000357
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-47cr-xw67-rm48
References
More Opendaylight vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-01596 The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14630 OpenFlow Plugin and OpenDayLight Controller versions Nitrogen, Carbon, Boron, Robert… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-14581 DOMRpcImplementationNotAvailableException when sending Port-Status packets to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2014-04137 The Netconf (TCP) service in OpenDaylight 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2017-14578 Controller throws an exception and does not allow user to add subsequent flow for a… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-14580 StreamCorruptedException and NullPointerException in OpenDaylight odl-mdsal-xsql. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2017-1000357 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-1000357 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-47cr-xw67-rm48 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-1000357 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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