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FKIE_CVE-2017-9263

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-29 04:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:27
Summary
In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role status reasons in the function `ofp_print_role_status_message` in `lib/ofp-print.c` that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvswitch openvswitch 2.7.0

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:27:46.880",
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