CVE-2020-27827 – lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2020-27827

A flaw was found in multiple versions of OpenvSwitch. Specially crafted LLDP packets can cause memory to be lost when allocating data to handle specific optional TLVs, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. Se encontró un fallo en múltiples versiones de OpenvSwitch. Los paquetes LLDP especialmente diseñados pueden causar que una memoria se pierda cuando se asignan datos para manejar TLV opcionales específicos, potencialmente causando una denegación de servicio. • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921438 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-941426.pdf https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3T5XHPOGIPWCRRPJUE6P3HVC5PTSD5JS https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYA4AMJXCNF6UPFG36L2TPPT32C242SP https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SKQWHG2SZJZSGC7PXVDAEJYBN7ESDR7D https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2021&# • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption •