# CVE-2017-9263: In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role statu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role status reasons in the function `ofp_print_role_status_message` in `lib/ofp-print.c` that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332966.html

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