CVE-2018-17204

NameCVE-2018-17204
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method in lib/ofp-util.c. When decoding a group mod, it validates the group type and command after the whole group mod has been decoded. The OF1.5 decoder, however, tries to use the type and command earlier, when it might still be invalid. This causes an assertion failure (via OVS_NOT_REACHED). ovs-vswitchd does not enable support for OpenFlow 1.5 by default.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2571-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openvswitch (PTS)buster2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u5fixed
bullseye2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5fixed
bookworm3.1.0-2fixed
bookworm (security)3.1.0-2+deb12u1fixed
trixie3.3.0~git20240118.e802fe7-3fixed
sid3.3.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openvswitchsourcejessie(not affected)
openvswitchsourcestretch2.6.10-0+deb9u1DLA-2571-1
openvswitchsource(unstable)2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1

Notes

[jessie] - openvswitch <not-affected> (Vulnerable code does not exist; no such function)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/9740d81d94888cb158fa99a9366fe2b32b3e4aaa (master)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/8976ea1d680ab7a2d726a50e5666aa8fefd24168 (branch-2.8)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/4af6da3b275b764b1afe194df6499b33d2bf4cde (branch-2.7)
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/fbe37f3ccc819a044a500fb5da13d3e53596c2a7 (branch-2.6)
ovs-vswitchd does not enable support for OpenFlow 1.5 by default.

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