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Debian dla-3410 : openvswitch-common - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 174966

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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-3410 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3410-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Guilhem Moulin May 01, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : openvswitch Version : 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u4 CVE ID : CVE-2023-1668 Debian Bug : 1034042

 David Marchand discovered that Open vSwitch, a multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch, was vulnerable to crafted IP packets with ip proto set to 0, potentially causing a denial of service.

 Triggering the vulnerability requires an attacker to send a crafted IP packet with protocol field set to 0 and the flow rules to contain 'set' actions on other fields in the IP protocol header. The resulting flows will omit required actions, and fail to mask the IP protocol field, resulting in a large bucket which captures all IP packets.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u4.

 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 Attachment:
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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-2023-1668

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174966

File Name: debian_DLA-3410.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1668

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1668