vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5242-1 (CVE-2021-3905): Open vSwitch vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 20, 2022 | Jan 21, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 20, 2022
Added
Jan 21, 2022
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
A memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing. An attacker could use this flaw to potentially exhaust available memory by keeping sending packet fragments.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-openvswitch-common
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