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high7.5

CVE-2020-35498

A vulnerability was found in openvswitch.

Impact

A vulnerability was found in openvswitch. A limitation in the implementation of userspace packet parsing can allow a malicious user to send a specially crafted packet causing the resulting megaflow in the kernel to be too wide, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpenvswitchOpenvswitch
from 2.5.0 before 2.5.12
from 2.6.0 before 2.6.10
from 2.7.0 before 2.7.13
from 2.8.0 before 2.8.11
from 2.9.0 before 2.9.9
from 2.10.0 before 2.10.7
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 33

Weakness classification

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