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Debian DSA-3533-1 Critical: Openvswitch Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2016
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A significant patch for openvswitch on Debian tackles a vulnerability linked to buffer overflow risks that could permit remote code execution.
Kashyap Thimmaraju and Bhargava Shastry discovered a remotely triggerable buffer overflow vulnerability in openvswitch, a production quality, multilayer virtual switch implementati...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.0+git20140819-3+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.0+git20140819-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvswitch packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: openvswitch
CVE ID: CVE-2016-2074

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