UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8011

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8011

    Published: 28 Jan 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8011
    Aliases:
    USN-4691-1

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8011, https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/dd4f16e7e816f2165fba76e3d162cd8d2978dcb2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/16/2, https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-announce/2021-January/000268.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4691-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8011

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvswitch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

    Affected versions

    2.4.0-0ubuntu4
    2.4.0-0ubuntu5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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