Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4852-1 openvswitch -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 15 Feb 2021
- Affected Packages:
- openvswitch
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 982493.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-35498. - More information:
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Joakim Hindersson discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based Ethernet virtual switch, allowed a malicious user to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted packet.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your openvswitch packages.
For the detailed security status of openvswitch please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openvswitch