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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Open vSwitch vulnerability (USN-5065-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 153145

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5065-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled decoding RAW_ENCAP actions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5065-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 153145

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5065-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-pki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-vtep, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-switch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-switch-dpdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-testcontroller, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-test

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36980

USN: 5065-1