USN-6514-1

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    USN-6514-1

    Published: 26 Nov 2023Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: openvswitch vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Open vSwitch did not correctly handle OpenFlow rules for ICMPv6 Neighbour Advertisement packets. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect traffic to arbitrary IP addresses.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6514-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5366

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvswitch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.8.0-0ubuntu2
    2.8.1-0ubuntu2
    2.8.1-0ubuntu3

    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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