UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17206
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206
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Published
2018-09-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:02Z
Severity
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / openvswitch

Package

Name
openvswitch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.0-0ubuntu4
2.4.0-0ubuntu5
2.5.0~git20160129.46a88d9-0ubuntu1
2.5.0~git20160219.522aca6-0ubuntu1
2.5.0~git20160219.522aca6-0ubuntu2
2.5.0~git20160219.522aca6-0ubuntu3
2.5.0-0ubuntu1
2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
2.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-common",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-ipsec",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-pki",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-switch",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-switch-dpdk",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-test",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-testcontroller",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-vtep",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-central",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-common",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-docker",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-host",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-openvswitch",
            "binary_version": "2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / openvswitch

Package

Name
openvswitch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.0-0ubuntu2
2.8.1-0ubuntu2
2.8.1-0ubuntu3
2.9.0~git20180205.5a39582ca-0ubuntu1
2.9.0-0ubuntu1
2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-common",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-pki",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-switch",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-switch-dpdk",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-test",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-testcontroller",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openvswitch-vtep",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-central",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-common",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-controller-vtep",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-docker",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovn-host",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-openvswitch",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-openvswitch",
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3"
        }
    ]
}