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CVE-2021-36980

Published: 20 July 2021

Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode_NXAST_RAW_ENCAP (called from ofpact_decode and ofpacts_decode) during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
per Google, this was introduced in
418a7a84245f5fbe589dd1267463fc9ba27a1dd6

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openvswitch
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal
Released (2.13.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute
Released (2.15.0-0ubuntu3.1)
impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/38744b1bcb022c611712527f039722115300f58f
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/65c61b0c23a0d474696d7b1cea522a5016a8aeb3
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/6d67310f4d2524b466b98f05ebccc1add1e8cf35
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/77cccc74deede443e8b9102299efc869a52b65b2
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/8ce8dc34b5f73b30ce0c1869af9947013c3c6575
upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/9926637a80d0d243dbf9c49761046895e9d1a8e2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H