Bug 1519845 (CVE-2017-1000411)

Summary: CVE-2017-1000411 opendaylight: Controller denial-of-service due to "expired" flows taking up the memory resource of CONFIG DS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: apevec, chrisw, jhershbe, jjoyce, jpadman, jschluet, kbasil, lhh, lpeer, markmc, mburns, mkolesni, nyechiel, rbryant, sclewis, security-response-team, slinaber, tdecacqu
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Multiple "expired" flows consume memory resources of CONFIG DS which leads to Controller shutdown.
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-12-01 14:40:24 UTC
It was found that multiple "expired" flows can take up the memory resource of CONFIG DS which leads to CONTROLLER shutdown.

Comment 3 Joshua Padman 2018-01-16 21:27:52 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Vaibhav Hemant Dixit

Comment 4 Joshua Padman 2018-01-16 21:28:00 UTC
Statement:

OpenDaylight was released as a technical preview in Red Hat Openstack Platform versions 12 and under. Additionally, upstream have released an advisory outlining recommended actions, they will not be patching against this Denial of Service vector.