CVE-2021-3905
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 23, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 26, 2021
Description
A memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing. An attacker could use this flaw to potentially exhaust available memory by keeping sending packet fragments.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
openvswitch (ovs)n/a |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019692
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3905
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3905
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/226
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/803ed12e31b0377c37d7aa8c94b3b92f2081e349
- GLSA-202311-16vendor-advisory
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