CVE-2021-3905

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3905
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-26 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing. An attacker could use this flaw to potentially exhaust available memory by keeping sending packet fragments.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 21.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Openvswitch Openvswitch All All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 8.0 All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2021-3905 | Ubuntu MISC ubuntu.com
ipf memleak · Issue #226 · openvswitch/ovs-issues · GitHub MISC github.com
Open vSwitch: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-16) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
2019692 – (CVE-2021-3905) CVE-2021-3905 openvswitch: External triggered memory leak in Open vSwitch while processing fragmented packets MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
ipf: release unhandled packets from the batch · openvswitch/ovs@803ed12 · 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

  • 198640 Ubuntu Security Notification for Open vSwitch Vulnerability (USN-5242-1)
  • 710800 Gentoo Linux Open vSwitch Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-16)
  • 903744 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openvswitch (10646) (DEPRECATED)
  • 904008 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openvswitch (10646-1)
  • 906109 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openvswitch (10646-2)
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