{"id":"USN-6690-1","summary":"openvswitch vulnerabilities","details":"Timothy Redaelli and Haresh Khandelwal discovered that Open vSwitch\nincorrectly handled certain crafted Geneve packets when hardware offloading\nvia the netlink path is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, leading to a denial of service.\n(CVE-2023-3966)\n\nIt was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain ICMPv6\nNeighbor Advertisement packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to redirect traffic to arbitrary IP addresses. (CVE-2023-5366)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:37Z","published":"2024-03-12T11:34:51Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3966","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5366"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-3966","CVE-2023-5366","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3966","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5366"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6690-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3966"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5366"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openvswitch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4"}]}],"versions":["2.12.0-0ubuntu1","2.12.0-0ubuntu2","2.12.1~git20191107.7accd1302-0ubuntu1","2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu1","2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu2","2.12.90~git20200107.af683565b-0ubuntu3","2.13.0~git20200127.dbdf66c29-0ubuntu2","2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu1","2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2","2.13.0-0ubuntu1","2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3","2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4","2.13.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","2.13.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","2.13.5-0ubuntu1","2.13.8-0ubuntu1","2.13.8-0ubuntu1.1","2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2","2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-common"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-pki"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-source"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-switch"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-switch-dpdk"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-test"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-testcontroller"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"openvswitch-vtep"},{"binary_version":"2.13.8-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"python3-openvswitch"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6690-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2023-3966","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5366","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"openvswitch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvswitch@2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.16.0-0ubuntu2","2.16.0-0ubuntu3","2.16.0-0ubuntu4","2.17.0~git20220105.0d1ffb7-0ubuntu1","2.17.0~git20220118.1b9fd88-0ubuntu1","2.17.0~git20220121.109d024-0ubuntu1","2.17.0-0ubuntu1","2.17.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.17.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2","2.17.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.17.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.2","2.17.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2","2.17.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.17.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-common"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-ipsec"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-pki"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-source"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-switch"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-switch-dpdk"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-test"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-testcontroller"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"openvswitch-vtep"},{"binary_version":"2.17.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"python3-openvswitch"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6690-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2023-3966","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5366","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}