Ovn: insufficient validation of bfd packets may lead to denial of service
CVE-2024-2182
6.5MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 12 March 2024
What is CVE-2024-2182?
A flaw was found in the Open Virtual Network (OVN). In OVN clusters where BFD is used between hypervisors for high availability, an attacker can inject specially crafted BFD packets from inside unprivileged workloads, including virtual machines or containers, that can trigger a denial of service.

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References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Red Hat would like to thank Frode Nordahl (Canonical) for reporting this issue.
