GSD-2021-3905

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
Details
A memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing. An attacker could use this flaw to potentially exhaust available memory by keeping sending packet fragments.
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Aliases
CVE-2021-3905
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