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Debian dla-3168 : openvswitch-common - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 166707

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3168 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3168-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz October 29, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : openvswitch Version : 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2022-32166


 An issue has been found in openvswitch, a software-based, Ethernet virtual switch.


 This issue is about a heap buffer over-read in flow.c, which could lead to access to an unmapped region of memory. This could result in crashing the software, memory modification, or possible remote execution.



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u2.


 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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the openvswitch-common packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openvswitch

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-32166

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/openvswitch

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 166707

File Name: debian_DLA-3168.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-testcontroller, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-vtep, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-switch, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-pki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ovn-controller-vtep, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-openvswitch, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ovn-central, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ovn-host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-dbg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32166