CVE-2017-14970

MEDIUM

Openvswitch < 2.8.0 - Resource Leak

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In lib/ofp-util.c in Open vSwitch (OvS) before 2.8.1, there are multiple memory leaks while parsing malformed OpenFlow group mod messages. NOTE: the vendor disputes the relevance of this report, stating "it can only be triggered by an OpenFlow controller, but OpenFlow controllers have much more direct and powerful ways to force Open vSwitch to allocate memory, such as by inserting flows into the flow table."

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-September/339085.html
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-September/339086.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0124
EPSS Percentile 65.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (1)
openvswitch/openvswitch < 2.8.0
Published Oct 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026