CVE-2017-1000357 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in OpenDaylight by triggering packet rejection from the controller.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-1000357?

CVE-2017-1000357 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Denial of Service attack when the switch rejects to receive packets from the controller. Component: This vulnerability affects OpenDaylight odl-l2switch-switch, which is the feature responsible for the OpenFlow communication. Version: OpenDaylight versions 3.3 (Lithium-SR3), 3.4 (Lithium-SR4), 4.0 (Beryllium), 4.1 (Beryllium-SR1), 4.2 (Beryllium-SR2), and 4.4 (Beryllium-SR4) are affected by this flaw. Java version is openjdk version 1.8.0_91.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000357?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opendaylight Opendaylight.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000357?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1000357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-1000357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-47cr-xw67-rm48.

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