Debian Security Advisory
DSA-5387-1 openvswitch -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 13 Apr 2023
- Affected Packages:
- openvswitch
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1034042.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-1668. - More information:
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David Marchard discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based Ethernet virtual switch, is suspectible to denial of service via malformed IP packets.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u4.
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