CVE-2023-3966

A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3966	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178363	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFZADABUDOFI2KZIRQBYFZCIKH55RGY3/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VYYUBF6OW2JG7VOFEOROHXGSJCTES3QO/	Mailing List
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3966	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178363	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFZADABUDOFI2KZIRQBYFZCIKH55RGY3/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VYYUBF6OW2JG7VOFEOROHXGSJCTES3QO/	Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-02-22 13:15

Updated : 2025-05-16 14:17

NVD link : CVE-2023-3966

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3966

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3966

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

openvswitch

openvswitch

CWE

CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

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