VDB-112671 · CVE-2017-1000411 · BID 102736

OpenDaylight Plugin/OpenDayLight Controller Flow resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenDaylight Plugin and OpenDayLight Controller. This impacts an unknown function of the component Flow Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-1000411. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenDaylight Plugin and OpenDayLight Controller (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the component Flow Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenFlow Plugin and OpenDayLight Controller versions Nitrogen, Carbon, Boron, Robert Varga, Anil Vishnoi contain a flaw when multiple 'expired' flows take up the memory resource of CONFIG DATASTORE which leads to CONTROLLER shutdown. If multiple different flows with 'idle-timeout' and 'hard-timeout' are sent to the Openflow Plugin REST API, the expired flows will eventually crash the controller once its resource allocations set with the JVM size are exceeded. Although the installed flows (with timeout set) are removed from network (and thus also from controller's operations DS), the expired entries are still present in CONFIG DS. The attack can originate both from NORTH or SOUTH. The above description is for a north bound attack. A south bound attack can originate when an attacker attempts a flow flooding attack and since flows come with timeouts, the attack is not successful. However, the attacker will now be successful in CONTROLLER overflow attack (resource consumption). Although, the network (actual flow tables) and operational DS are only (~)1% occupied, the controller requests for resource consumption. This happens because the installed flows get removed from the network upon timeout.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2018. The weakness was released 01/31/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1000411 since 12/28/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102736†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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12/28/2017 🔍
01/16/2018 +19 days 🔍
01/16/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/31/2018 +15 days 🔍
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02/01/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/02/2021 +1097 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Vaibhav Hemant Dixit
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-1000411 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1000411
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112671
SecurityFocus: 102736 - OpenDaylight OpenFlow Plugin and Controller Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2018 07:54
Updated: 02/02/2021 12:35
Changes: 02/01/2018 07:54 (57), 12/31/2019 15:28 (3), 02/02/2021 12:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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