Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2571-1 openvswitch -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
19 Feb 2021
Affected Packages:
openvswitch
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8011, CVE-2017-9214, CVE-2018-17204, CVE-2018-17206, CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2020-35498.
More information:

Several issues have been found in openvswitch, a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch.

  • CVE-2020-35498

    Denial of service attacks, in which crafted network packets could cause the packet lookup to ignore network header fields from layers 3 and 4. The crafted network packet is an ordinary IPv4 or IPv6 packet with Ethernet padding length above 255 bytes. This causes the packet sanity check to abort parsing header fields after layer 2.

  • CVE-2020-27827

    Denial of service attacks using crafted LLDP packets.

  • CVE-2018-17206

    Buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

  • CVE-2018-17204

    Assertion failure due to not validating information (group type and command) in OF1.5 decoder.

  • CVE-2017-9214

    Buffer over-read that is caused by an unsigned integer underflow.

  • CVE-2015-8011

    Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.

    For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.10-0+deb9u1. This version is a new upstream point release.

    We recommend that you upgrade your openvswitch packages.

    For the detailed security status of openvswitch please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openvswitch

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS