vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2023-5366
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C) | Oct 6, 2023 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 6, 2023
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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