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Debian: CVE-2022-32166: openvswitch -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-32166: openvswitch -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/28/2022
Created
10/31/2022
Added
10/31/2022
Modified
10/31/2022

Description

In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-openvswitch

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