CVE-2019-25076

NameCVE-2019-25076
DescriptionThe TSS (Tuple Space Search) algorithm in Open vSwitch 2.x through 2.17.2 and 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (delays of legitimate traffic) via crafted packet data that requires excessive evaluation time within the packet classification algorithm for the MegaFlow cache, aka a Tuple Space Explosion (TSE) attack.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1021740

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openvswitch (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.3.0+git20140819-3+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.6.10-0+deb9u1vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u5vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm3.1.0-2+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie3.4.0-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openvswitchsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
openvswitchsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
openvswitchsource(unstable)(unfixed)1021740

Notes

[bookworm] - openvswitch <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - openvswitch <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - openvswitch <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09107
https://sites.google.com/view/tuple-space-explosion
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3359989.3365431
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cHpzVK0D28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSC3m-Bww64

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