USN-3873-1: Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
USN-3873-1: Open vSwitch vulnerabilities openvswitch vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Open vSwitch. Software Description openvswitch – Ethernet virtual switch Details It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly decoded certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-17204) It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled processing certain flows. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17205) It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled BUNDLE action decoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of [ more… ]
