In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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DLA-3168-1 | openvswitch security update |
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EUVD-2022-53397 | In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution. |
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USN-5698-1 | Open vSwitch vulnerability |
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USN-5698-2 | Open vSwitch vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
Update version to v2.5.1 or later
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Mend
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-21T14:13:43.702Z
Reserved: 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2022-32166

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:32:55.987Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2022-09-28T10:15:09.560
Modified: 2025-05-21T15:15:56.693
Link: CVE-2022-32166


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