Red Hat: CVE-2020-27827: lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak (Multiple Advisories)
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
02/11/2021
02/13/2021
02/12/2021
11/13/2024
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.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-lldpd
- redhat-upgrade-lldpd-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-lldpd-debugsource
- redhat-upgrade-lldpd-devel
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