PT-2016-5001 · Open Vswitch+1 · Openvswitch+1

Andrej Nemec · Published 2016-03-28 · Updated 2018-03-23 · CVE-2016-2074

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open vSwitch versions 2.2.x through 2.3.x before 2.3.3 Open vSwitch versions 2.4.x before 2.4.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets. This can be demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.

Recommendations For Open vSwitch versions 2.2.x through 2.3.x before 2.3.3, update to version 2.3.3 or later. For Open vSwitch versions 2.4.x before 2.4.1, update to version 2.4.1 or later.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2105

CVE-2016-2074

DSA-3533-1

RHSA-2016:0523

RHSA-2016:0524

RHSA-2016:0537

RHSA-2016:0615

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Openvswitch

References · 27

• http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2074 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32166 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2074 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-2105 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2074 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2074 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openvswitch · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3533-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html · Vendor Advisory