CVE-2020-35498

NameCVE-2020-35498
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2571-1, DSA-4852-1
Debian Bugs982493

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openvswitch (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3.1.0-2+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.4.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openvswitchsourcestretch2.6.10-0+deb9u1DLA-2571-1
openvswitchsourcebuster2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1DSA-4852-1
openvswitchsource(unstable)2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-5982493

Notes

master: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/79349cbab0b2a755140eedb91833ad2760520a83
2.15: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/0625dc79aec73b966f206e55655a2816696246d0
2.10: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/79cec1a736b91548ec882d840986a11affda1068
2.6: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/673c08eee8c8d4f2999ddd31524de7ff0f72b559
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/10/4

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