{"id":"USN-3873-1","summary":"openvswitch vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly decoded certain packets. A\nremote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-17204)\n\nIt was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled processing certain\nflows. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open\nvSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17205)\n\nIt was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled BUNDLE action\ndecoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open\nvSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-17206)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:28Z","published":"2019-01-30T12:33:52Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17204","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17205","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-17204","CVE-2018-17205","CVE-2018-17206","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17204","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17205","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3873-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17204"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17205"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17206"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openvswitch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"}]}],"versions":["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":{"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"}],"availability":"No 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