CVE-2020-35498
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-11 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 17:02
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability was found in openvswitch. A limitation in the implementation of userspace packet parsing can allow a malicious user to send a specially crafted packet causing the resulting megaflow in the kernel to be too wide, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908845Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJ4DXFJWMZ325ECZXPZOSK7BOEDJZHPR/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4852Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/10/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/aopenvswitch
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