CVE-2017-9263 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Open vSwitch (OvS) version 2.7.0. A malicious switch can trigger an abort() call by sending a specially crafted OpenFlow role status message with an undefined reason, leading to a remote DoS. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating an adjacent network attack vector with low complexity and high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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