Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting openvswitch package, versions <2.12.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-OPENVSWITCH-6110652
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed14 Nov 2019

Introduced: 14 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-14818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 openvswitch to version 2.12.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch package and not the openvswitch package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.

CVSS Scores

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