vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5366): Open vSwitch vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C) | Oct 6, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 6, 2023
Added
Nov 27, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Open vSwitch that allows ICMPv6 Neighbor Advertisement packets between virtual machines to bypass OpenFlow rules. This issue may allow a local attacker to create specially crafted packets with a modified or spoofed target IP address field that can redirect ICMPv6 traffic to arbitrary IP addresses.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-openvswitch-commonubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-openvswitch
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