CVE-2022-32166

Publication date 28 September 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openvswitch 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
openvswitch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5698-1
    • Open vSwitch vulnerability
    • 25 October 2022
    • USN-5698-2
    • Open vSwitch vulnerability
    • 25 October 2022

Other references