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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5387
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5387-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvswitch' package(s) announced via the DSA-5387-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvswitch' package(s) announced via the DSA-5387-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
David Marchard discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based Ethernet virtual switch, is suspectible to denial of service via malformed IP packets.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvswitch packages.

For the detailed security status of openvswitch please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'openvswitch' package(s) on Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
8.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-1668
Debian Security Information: DSA-5387 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5387
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V2GUNS3WSJG4TUDKZ5L7FXGJMVOD6EJZ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137666
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/06/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00000.html
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