Memory leak in Open vSwitch - CVE-2024-22563

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86620

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22563

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the ovs_pcap_open() function in lib/pcap-file.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Open vSwitch
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Legacy Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
libopenvswitch-2_11-0
openvswitch-debuginfo
libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo
openvswitch-debugsource
openvswitch
python2-ovs-debuginfo
python2-ovs
libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo
libopenvswitch-2_13-0
openvswitch-test-debuginfo
openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo
openvswitch-test
python3-ovs
openvswitch-vtep
openvswitch-devel
openvswitch-ipsec
openvswitch-pki
libopenvswitch-2_14-0-debuginfo
libopenvswitch-2_14-0
openvswitch-doc
openvswitch (Debian package)
libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo
ovn-docker
ovn-devel
ovn-central
ovn-host
ovn
libovn-20_03-0
ovn-vtep
ovn-vtep-debuginfo
libovn-20_06-0-debuginfo
ovn-central-debuginfo
libovn-20_06-0
ovn-debuginfo
ovn-host-debuginfo
ovn-doc

Install updates from vendor's website.

Open vSwitch - addressed in versions 2.12.4, 2.13.5, 2.14.3, 2.15.2, 2.16.1
libopenvswitch-2_11-0 - addressed in versions 2.11.5-3.21.1, 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1
openvswitch-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.11.5-3.21.1, 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1, 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.11.5-3.21.1, 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1
openvswitch-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.11.5-3.21.1, 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1, 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch - addressed in versions 2.11.5-3.21.1, 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
python2-ovs-debuginfo - update to 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1
python2-ovs - update to 2.11.5-150100.3.24.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo - update to 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0 - update to 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
openvswitch-test-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-test - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
python3-ovs - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-vtep - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-devel - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-ipsec - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-pki - addressed in versions 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1, 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
libopenvswitch-2_14-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
libopenvswitch-2_14-0 - addressed in versions 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch-doc - addressed in versions 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1, 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
openvswitch (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5, 3.1.0-2+deb12u1
libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo - update to 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
ovn-docker - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-devel - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-central - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-host - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
libovn-20_03-0 - update to 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1
ovn-vtep - addressed in versions 20.03.1-150200.9.31.1, 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-vtep-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
libovn-20_06-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-central-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
libovn-20_06-0 - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-host-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1
ovn-doc - addressed in versions 20.06.2-150300.19.17.1, 20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

• https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/315
• https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/3168f328c78cf6e4b3022940452673b0e49f7620

• Memory leak in Open vSwitch
• SUSE update for openvswitch
• SUSE update for openvswitch
• SUSE update for openvswitch
• SUSE update for openvswitch
• SUSE update for openvswitch
• Debian update for openvswitch