CVE-2021-36980

Summary

CVECVE-2021-36980
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-20 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-26 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionOpen vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode_NXAST_RAW_ENCAP (called from ofpact_decode and ofpacts_decode) during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@6d67310 · GitHub MISC github.com
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@9926637 · GitHub MISC github.com
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@77cccc7 · GitHub MISC github.com
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@38744b1 · GitHub MISC github.com
27851 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
oss-fuzz-vulns/OSV-2020-2197.yaml at main · google/oss-fuzz-vulns · GitHub MISC github.com
Open vSwitch: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-16) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@65c61b0 · GitHub MISC github.com
ofp-actions: Fix use-after-free while decoding RAW_ENCAP. · openvswitch/ovs@8ce8dc3 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180510 Debian Security Update for openvswitch (CVE-2021-36980)
  • 198488 Ubuntu Security Notification for Open vSwitch Vulnerability (USN-5065-1)
  • 239697 Red Hat Update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.0 packages and (RHSA-2021:3758)
  • 501894 Alpine Linux Security Update for openvswitch
  • 710800 Gentoo Linux Open vSwitch Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-16)
  • 752553 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openvswitch (SUSE-SU-2022:3098-1)
  • 753128 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openvswitch (SUSE-SU-2022:3099-1)
  • 753244 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openvswitch (SUSE-SU-2022:3116-1)
  • 754067 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openvswitch (SUSE-SU-2023:2360-1)
  • 770083 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 Security Update (RHSA-2021:3758)
  • 770107 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 Security Update (RHSA-2021-3758)
  • 900241 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for openvswitch 2.12.3
  • 900946 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openvswitch (6781-1)
  • 903536 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openvswitch (4611)
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