Debian DSA-5319-1 : openvswitch - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170048

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5319 advisory.

- An out-of-bounds read in Organization Specific TLV was found in various versions of OpenvSwitch.
(CVE-2022-4337)

- An integer underflow in Organization Specific TLV was found in various versions of OpenvSwitch.
(CVE-2022-4338)

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

Solution

Upgrade the openvswitch packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170048

File Name: debian_DSA-5319.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2023

Updated: 1/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4338

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-ipsec, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-pki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-switch, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-openvswitch, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch-switch-dpdk, 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: 1/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4337, CVE-2022-4338

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