Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-3905 (CCN-234360)

Assigned:2021-10-26
Published:2022-08-02
Updated:2022-08-27
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-401
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-3905

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3905

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla - Bug 2019692
(CVE-2021-3905) - CVE-2021-3905 openvswitch: External triggered memory leak in Open vSwitch while processing fragmented packets

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019692

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
openvswitch-cve20213905-dos(234360)

Source: CCN
Type: ovs-issues GIT Repository
ipf memleak #226

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/226

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/803ed12e31b0377c37d7aa8c94b3b92f2081e349

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3905

Source: CCN
Type: Mend Vulnerability Database
CVE-2021-3905

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2.17.0)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_fast_datapath:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_fast_datapath:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    openvswitch openvswitch *
    redhat enterprise linux fast datapath 7.0
    canonical ubuntu linux 21.10
    fedoraproject fedora 35
    redhat enterprise linux fast datapath 8.0
    openvswitch openvswitch 2.11.0