OVN Service Monitor MAC RateLimit Bypass Susceptible to DoS
CVE-2023-3153 Published on October 4, 2023
Service monitor mac flow is not rate limited
A flaw was found in Open Virtual Network where the service monitor MAC does not properly rate limit. This issue could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service, including on deployments with CoPP enabled and properly configured.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3153 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2023-3153 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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