PT-2023-8636
CVE-2023-3966
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Published
2023-03-15
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Updated
2026-01-26
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Open vSwitch (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw in Open vSwitch is related to insufficient handling of exceptional states due to incorrect checking of Geneve packet metadata. This issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service if hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled. The flaw is triggered by crafted Geneve packets and may result in invalid memory accesses.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Researchers
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