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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8011: Important: openvswitch security update (RHSA-2021:2077)

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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8011: Important: openvswitch security update (RHSA-2021:2077)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/28/2020
Created
05/22/2021
Added
05/21/2021
Modified
05/21/2021

Description

Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-openvswitch
  • redhat-upgrade-openvswitch-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-openvswitch-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-openvswitch-test
  • redhat-upgrade-python-openvswitch

References

  • DSA-4836
  • CVE-2015-8011

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