Input validation error in Open Virtual Network - CVE-2024-2182

 

Input validation error in Open Virtual Network - CVE-2024-2182

Published: March 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87512
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2182
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Open Virtual Network
Affected software:
Open Virtual Network

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling BFD packets from inside unprivileged workloads. A remote user with access to a virtual machine or a container can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-2182

Install updates from vendor's website.

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