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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201701-07">
+ <title>Open vSwitch: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Open vSwitch might allow remote attackers to
+ execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">openvswitch</product>
+ <announced>2017-01-01</announced>
+ <revised count="2">2017-01-01</revised>
+ <bug>577568</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/openvswitch" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.5.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Open vSwitch is a production quality multilayer virtual switch.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A buffer overflow was discovered in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker, using a specially crafted MPLS packet, could execute
+ arbitrary code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Open vSwitch users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.0"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2074">
+ CVE-2016-2074
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-01T12:31:09Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-01T16:00:54Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>