ubuntu-cve-2023-3966
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-02-08 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:55
Summary
Details

A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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          },
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          },
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          },
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        "2.16.0-0ubuntu3",
        "2.16.0-0ubuntu4",
        "2.17.0~git20220105.0d1ffb7-0ubuntu1",
        "2.17.0~git20220118.1b9fd88-0ubuntu1",
        "2.17.0~git20220121.109d024-0ubuntu1",
        "2.17.0-0ubuntu1",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3966",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:55:49Z",
  "published": "2024-02-08T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3966"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/08/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2024-February/411702.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6690-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3966"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6690-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-3966"
  ]
}



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