Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-1000079 is reported as a denial-of-service issue in Linux Foundation ONOS 1.9.0. In business terms, the concern is availability: an affected ONOS deployment could be disrupted. The public bundle does not provide severity, exploit details, or a confirmed fix.
Executive priority
Prioritize inventory first. If ONOS 1.9.0 supports production network control-plane functions, treat this as an availability risk and accelerate vendor-guided remediation. If ONOS is absent or isolated in a lab, urgency is lower.
Technical view
The available record only states that ONOS 1.9.0 is vulnerable to DoS. No CVSS score, CWE, vulnerable component, attack vector, authentication requirement, proof of exploitation, or remediation version is provided in the source bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments running ONOS 1.9.0, based on the provided record. Risk depends on whether ONOS control, management, or API surfaces are reachable by untrusted users. The sources do not identify additional affected versions.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. It also does not provide exploit mechanics or public exploit status. Treat exploitation evidence as incomplete rather than absent.
Researcher notes
The public data is sparse. Do not infer affected versions beyond ONOS 1.9.0 or claim a patch without advisory confirmation. Key missing data includes vulnerable component, trigger condition, network reachability, authentication requirements, CVSS, CWE, and fixed version.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory ONOS deployments and confirm whether version 1.9.0 is present.
- Check ONOS security advisories and vendor guidance for the supported remediation path.
- Restrict ONOS management and API access to trusted administrative networks.
- Monitor ONOS availability, restarts, and controller error logs for unusual disruption.
- Plan an upgrade or compensating controls after confirming official guidance.
Validation and detection
- Verify deployed ONOS versions from asset inventory or administrative records.
- Confirm whether any ONOS 1.9.0 instance is internet-facing or broadly reachable.
- Review the ONOS advisory page for details tied to CVE-2017-1000079.
- Check operational monitoring for unexplained ONOS downtime or repeated restarts.
- Document affected instances, exposure, and remediation status.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wiki.onosproject.org/display/ONOS/Security+advisoriesCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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