Out-of-bounds Read Affecting network-scripts-openvswitch2.11 package, versions <0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el8fdp


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NETWORKSCRIPTSOPENVSWITCH211-4404018
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed18 May 2020

Introduced: 18 May 2020

CVE-2020-10724  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 network-scripts-openvswitch2.11 to version 0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el8fdp or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:2297.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream network-scripts-openvswitch2.11 package and not the network-scripts-openvswitch2.11 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 18.11 and above. The vhost-crypto library code is missing validations for user-supplied values, potentially allowing an information leak through an out-of-bounds memory read.

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