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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Open vSwitch vulnerability (USN-6514-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186289

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6514-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in Open vSwitch that allows ICMPv6 Neighbor Advertisement packets between virtual machines to bypass OpenFlow rules. This issue may allow a local attacker to create specially crafted packets with a modified or spoofed target IP address field that can redirect ICMPv6 traffic to arbitrary IP addresses. (CVE-2023-5366)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6514-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186289

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6514-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2023

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5366

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-pki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-switch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-switch-dpdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-testcontroller, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvswitch-vtep, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovn-central, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovn-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovn-controller-vtep, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovn-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-openvswitch

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5366

USN: 6514-1