PT-2023-9382 · Unknown+5 · Openvswitch+5

David Marchand · Published 2023-04-03 · Updated 2026-01-26 · CVE-2023-1668

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openvswitch (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in openvswitch (OVS) when processing an IP packet with protocol 0. This issue results in installing a datapath flow matching all IP protocols for this flow, but with an incorrect action, possibly causing incorrect handling of other IP packets with a != 0 IP protocol that matches this dp flow. The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to access confidential data and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-670

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1745

ALT-PU-2023-1806

AZL-26031

AZL-35088

BDU:2024-06943

CVE-2023-1668

DLA-3410-1

DSA-5387-1

OESA-2023-1234

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12942-1

RHSA-2023:1765

RHSA-2023:1766

RHSA-2023:1769

RHSA-2023:1770

RHSA-2023:1823

RHSA-2023:1824

RHSA-2023:3491

SUSE-SU-2023:2274-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2275-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2296-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2536-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2621-1

SUSE-SU-2023_2296-1

SUSE-SU-2023_2536-1

SUSE-SU-2023_2621-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0280-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0290-1

USN-6068-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Openvswitch

References · 63

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-35088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1668 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1668 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3410-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5387 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2274-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6068-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/06/1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0280-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-26031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1668 · Vendor Advisory