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Ubuntu: USN-5065-1 (CVE-2021-36980): Open vSwitch vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5065-1 (CVE-2021-36980): Open vSwitch vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/20/2021
Created
09/20/2021
Added
09/09/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode_NXAST_RAW_ENCAP (called from ofpact_decode and ofpacts_decode) during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openvswitch-common

References

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