RHEL 7 : openvswitch (RHSA-2017:2692)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193837

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openvswitch.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2692 advisory.

- openvswitch: Integer underflow in the ofputil_pull_queue_get_config_reply10 function (CVE-2017-9214)

- openvswitch: Invalid processing of a malicious OpenFlow role status message (CVE-2017-9263)

- openvswitch: Buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message (CVE-2017-9265)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL openvswitch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2692.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193837

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2692.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-openvswitch

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9214, CVE-2017-9263, CVE-2017-9265

CWE: 122, 190, 20

RHSA: 2017:2692

Detections

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