CVE-2018-17206 is a buffer over-read vulnerability in Open vSwitch (OvS) versions 2.7.x through 2.7.6, specifically within the decode_bundle function during BUNDLE action decoding, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, OpenvSwitch, and Red Hat. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring high privileges (PR:H) to exploit, and primarily impacts availability (A:H) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is 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: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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