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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: openvswitch (CVE-2023-3966)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201592

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of openvswitch installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-3966 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which May result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled. (CVE-2023-3966)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3966

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201592

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-3966.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:python3-openvswitch, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-ipsec, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-selinux-policy, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openvswitch-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3966