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Severity: Low
Title: Open vSwitch: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: November 26, 2023
Bugs: #765346, #769995, #803107, #887561
ID: 202311-16

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Synopsis
========

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilites have been found in Open
vSwitch.

Background
==========

Open vSwitch is a production quality multilayer virtual switch.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
-------------------- ------------ ------------
net-misc/openvswitch < 2.17.6 >= 2.17.6

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Open vSwitch. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Open vSwitch users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvswitch-2.17.6"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-27827
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27827
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-35498
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35498
[ 3 ] CVE-2021-3905
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3905
[ 4 ] CVE-2021-36980
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36980
[ 5 ] CVE-2022-4337
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4337
[ 6 ] CVE-2022-4338
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4338
[ 7 ] CVE-2023-1668
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1668

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2023 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5