CVE-2024-31179
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOut-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program routine fluid_msg::of13::TableFeaturePropInstruction::unpack. This issue affects libfluid: 0.1.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the fluid_msg::of13::TableFeaturePropInstruction::unpack routine in libfluid version 0.1.0. The vulnerability allows reading memory outside allocated buffer boundaries, which could lead to information disclosure, denial of service, or potentially arbitrary code execution depending on how the retrieved data is processed.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 0.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate libfluid installationSearch for libfluid-msg or libfluid package files, headers, or shared libraries in the system. Common paths include /usr/lib/, /usr/local/lib/, or check package manager listings (dpkg -l, rpm -qa, or pip list for Python bindings).Affected if libfluid-msg version 0.1.0 is found on the system
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Identify libfluid versionCheck the version of the installed libfluid library. For compiled binaries, use 'ldd' or inspect library sonames. For source deployments, check version tags or configuration files. If using a package manager, run the appropriate query command.Affected if The installed version is exactly 0.1.0
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Confirm OpenFlow 1.3 usageReview application code or configuration to determine if OpenFlow 1.3 (of13) message parsing is enabled. Look for references to 'of13', 'openflow13', or TableFeaturePropInstruction in the codebase.Affected if The application uses OpenFlow 1.3 message parsing with libfluid
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Inspect TableFeaturePropInstruction usageSearch application logs, debug output, or network captures for OpenFlow 1.3 Table Features messages being processed. Check if the application handles OFPT_TABLE_FEATURES type messages.Affected if Table Features messages (OFPT_TABLE_FEATURES) from OpenFlow 1.3 are being parsed by the libfluid library
The environment is affected if libfluid version 0.1.0 is in use and the application parses OpenFlow 1.3 Table Features messages via the TableFeaturePropInstruction::unpack routine.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version of libfluid if available; otherwise, implement strict bounds checking in the unpack routine to validate buffer lengths before reading data, and add length validation at entry points to the of13 message parsing layer.
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