Ubuntu: USN-4691-1 (CVE-2020-27827): Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
01/13/2021
01/15/2021
01/14/2021
03/22/2023
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)
- ubuntu-upgrade-openvswitch-common
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