Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-35498

Title: Openvswitch Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2020-35498

CWE Category CWE-400
Published Date Feb 11, 2021
Modified Date Apr 23, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-35498: A vulnerability was found in openvswitch. A limitation in the implementation of userspace packet parsing can allow a malicious user to send a specially crafted packet causing the resulting megaflow in the kernel to be too wide, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Impacted Vendors

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openvswitch 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908845 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJ4DXFJWMZ325ECZXPZOSK7BOEDJZHPR/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4852 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/10/4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908845 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJ4DXFJWMZ325ECZXPZOSK7BOEDJZHPR/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4852 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/10/4
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-35498 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/freddierice/cve-2020-35498-flag
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.