48 lines
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48 lines
1.6 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201701-07">
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<title>Open vSwitch: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow in Open vSwitch might allow remote attackers to
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execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">openvswitch</product>
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<announced>2017-01-01</announced>
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<revised count="2">2017-01-01</revised>
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<bug>577568</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-misc/openvswitch" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.5.0</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.5.0</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Open vSwitch is a production quality multilayer virtual switch.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A buffer overflow was discovered in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker, using a specially crafted MPLS packet, could execute
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arbitrary code.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Open vSwitch users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.0"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2074">
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CVE-2016-2074
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</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-01T12:31:09Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-01T16:00:54Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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