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FKIE_CVE-2016-2074

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-07-03 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553
cve@mitre.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvswitch openvswitch 2.2.0
openvswitch openvswitch 2.3.0
openvswitch openvswitch 2.3.1
openvswitch openvswitch 2.3.2
openvswitch openvswitch 2.4.0
redhat openshift 3.1
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