Libfluid MsgApplication · Opennetworking

CVE-2024-31191

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-18
Mitigation only
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program routine fluid_msg::of13::MultipartReplyMeter::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 confidence

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the fluid_msg::of13::MultipartReplyMeter::unpack routine of libfluid 0.1.0. The unpack function fails to properly validate buffer bounds before reading data, allowing a crafted OpenFlow multipart reply message to read beyond allocated memory boundaries.

MitigationUpgrade to a patched version of libfluid if available, or implement bounds checking in the MultipartReplyMeter::unpack routine to validate buffer length before reading packet data.

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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
Libfluid MsgApplication
Affected:= 0.1.0

CVSS 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 checks

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  1. Identify libfluid-msg version
    Locate the installed libfluid-msg library and check its version - examine package metadata, source code version headers, or library file version info. Compare to the affected version 0.1.0.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 0.1.0
  2. Confirm OpenFlow 1.3 support is enabled
    Check if the of13 (OpenFlow 1.3) namespace and classes are being compiled or used in the deployment - look for of13 includes, Meter classes, or of13::MultipartReplyMeter references in the codebase.
    Affected if OpenFlow 1.3 support is compiled or loaded in the environment
  3. Verify MultipartReplyMeter unpack is reachable
    Inspect code that handles incoming OpenFlow multipart reply messages. Search for calls to MultipartReplyMeter::unpack or of13::MultipartReplyMeter instantiation that processes data from network sources.
    Affected if The MultipartReplyMeter::unpack routine processes messages from untrusted OpenFlow controllers or switches
  4. Check if processing untrusted network traffic
    Determine whether the libfluid deployment accepts OpenFlow multipart messages from external, untrusted sources without prior authentication or validation at a higher layer.
    Affected if Multipart messages from untrusted network peers are being unpacked without additional validation

You are affected if libfluid-msg version 0.1.0 is in use AND OpenFlow 1.3 MultipartReplyMeter functionality processes network-supplied messages.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to a patched version of libfluid if available, or implement bounds checking in the MultipartReplyMeter::unpack routine to validate buffer length before reading packet data.

Fix this in Libfluid Msg Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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