Description
A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled.
Published: 2024-02-22
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5640-1 openvswitch security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-44591 A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6690-1 Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 16 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Openvswitch
Openvswitch openvswitch
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Openvswitch
Openvswitch openvswitch

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
Openvswitch Openvswitch
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:03:14.623Z

Reserved: 2023-07-26T23:16:24.169Z

Link: CVE-2023-3966

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.792Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-22T13:15:07.770

Modified: 2025-05-16T14:17:01.290

Link: CVE-2023-3966

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-02-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3966 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses