1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5890-1

USN-5890-1: Open vSwitch vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 February 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Open vSwitch.

Releases

Packages

Details

Qian Chen discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain
Organization Specific TLVs. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Qian Chen discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain
Organization Specific TLVs. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic openvswitch-common –  3.0.3-0ubuntu0.22.10.2
22.04 jammy openvswitch-common –  2.17.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 focal openvswitch-common –  2.13.8-0ubuntu1.1
18.04 bionic openvswitch-common –  2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.4

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