usn-6514-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-11-26 23:54
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
openvswitch vulnerability
Details
It was discovered that Open vSwitch did not correctly handle OpenFlow rules for ICMPv6 Neighbour Advertisement packets. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect traffic to arbitrary IP addresses.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-common",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-pki",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-switch",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-switch-dpdk",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-test",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-testcontroller",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-vtep",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ovn-central",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ovn-common",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ovn-controller-vtep",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ovn-docker",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ovn-host",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python-openvswitch",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-openvswitch",
"binary_version": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "openvswitch",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.8.0-0ubuntu2",
"2.8.1-0ubuntu2",
"2.8.1-0ubuntu3",
"2.9.0~git20180205.5a39582ca-0ubuntu1",
"2.9.0-0ubuntu1",
"2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
"2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3",
"2.9.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
"2.9.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
"2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
"2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.3",
"2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.4",
"2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-common",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-pki",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-source",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-switch",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-switch-dpdk",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-test",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-testcontroller",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "openvswitch-vtep",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-openvswitch",
"binary_version": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "openvswitch",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.12.0-0ubuntu1",
"2.12.0-0ubuntu2",
"2.12.1~git20191107.7accd1302-0ubuntu1",
"2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu1",
"2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu2",
"2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu3",
"2.13.0~git20200127.dbdf66c29-0ubuntu2",
"2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu1",
"2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2",
"2.13.0-0ubuntu1",
"2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
"2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3",
"2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4",
"2.13.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
"2.13.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2",
"2.13.5-0ubuntu1",
"2.13.8-0ubuntu1",
"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.1",
"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that Open vSwitch did not correctly handle OpenFlow\nrules for ICMPv6 Neighbour Advertisement packets. A local attacker could\npossibly use this issue to redirect traffic to arbitrary IP addresses.\n",
"id": "USN-6514-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:32Z",
"published": "2023-11-26T23:54:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6514-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5366"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "openvswitch vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5366"
]
}
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