vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2020-27827: Moderate: lldpd security update (ALSA-2024-9158)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 18, 2021
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in multiple versions of OpenvSwitch. Specially crafted LLDP packets can cause memory to be lost when allocating data to handle specific optional TLVs, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-lldpdalma-upgrade-lldpd-devel
Title
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