CVE-2018-17205 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Open vSwitch (OvS) versions 2.7.x through 2.7.6, including various Canonical, OpenStack, and Red Hat distributions. The flaw, located in the ofproto_rule_insert__ function, can lead to an assertion failure and subsequent OvS crash during bundle commit operations when an invalid flow action is encountered. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete denial of service (availability impact). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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