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HistoryFeb 17, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4852-1 : openvswitch - security update

2021-02-1700:00:00
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debian
dsa-4852-1
openvswitch
security update
denial-of-service
cve-2020-35498
ethernet virtual switch
cve-2020-35498
debian linux 10.0
upgrade
bug 982493
security tracker
source package
stable distribution
no known exploits.

CVSS2

7.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.2%

Joakim Hindersson discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based Ethernet virtual switch, allowed a malicious user to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted packet.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4852. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(146561);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-35498");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4852");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4852-1 : openvswitch - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Joakim Hindersson discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based
Ethernet virtual switch, allowed a malicious user to cause a
denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted packet.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982493");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openvswitch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/openvswitch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4852");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the openvswitch packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-35498");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/02/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/02/17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvswitch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-common", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-dbg", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-dev", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-pki", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-switch", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-testcontroller", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"openvswitch-vtep", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ovn-central", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ovn-controller-vtep", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ovn-host", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"python-openvswitch", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"python3-openvswitch", reference:"2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

CVSS2

7.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.2%