openEuler update for openvswitch



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-3905
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

openvswitch-test
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-ipsec
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-ovn-central
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

network-scripts-openvswitch
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

python3-openvswitch
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-ovn-common
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-ovn-vtep
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-ovn-host
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch-help
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

openvswitch
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU73248

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3905

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in lib/ipf.c during userspace IP fragmentation processing. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packet fragments to the system to trigger memory leak and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 22.03 LTS

openvswitch-test: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-ipsec: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-ovn-central: before 2.12.0-16

network-scripts-openvswitch: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-devel: before 2.12.0-16

python3-openvswitch: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-ovn-common: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-ovn-vtep: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-ovn-host: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-debugsource: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-debuginfo: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch-help: before 2.12.0-16

openvswitch: before 2.12.0-16

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1778


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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