SB2025041708 - Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for openvswitch3.1
Published: April 17, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025041708
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11614)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Vhost library checksum offload feature. A malicious guest can forge Virtio descriptors to trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the hypervisor's vSwitch.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.