Red Hat Security Advisory: openvswitch3.3 security update
Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic. Security Fix(es): * dpdk: Denial Of Service from malicious guest on hypervisors using DPDK Vhost library (CVE-2024-11614) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2024-11614 affects the DPDK Vhost library component of openvswitch3.3 used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 9. It allows a malicious guest on a hypervisor to cause a denial of service. Red Hat has released a security update (RHSA-2025:3964) that addresses this issue along with other fixes. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, ppc64le, s390x, and aarch64. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
A malicious guest on a hypervisor using the DPDK Vhost library can cause a denial of service condition, potentially disrupting network bridging functions provided by openvswitch3.3. This impacts the availability of network services on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 9 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for openvswitch3.3 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:3964 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. The update is available for multiple architectures and should be installed promptly to remediate the issue.
Red Hat Security Advisory: openvswitch3.3 security update
Description
Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic. Security Fix(es): * dpdk: Denial Of Service from malicious guest on hypervisors using DPDK Vhost library (CVE-2024-11614) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-11614 affects the DPDK Vhost library component of openvswitch3.3 used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 9. It allows a malicious guest on a hypervisor to cause a denial of service. Red Hat has released a security update (RHSA-2025:3964) that addresses this issue along with other fixes. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, ppc64le, s390x, and aarch64. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
A malicious guest on a hypervisor using the DPDK Vhost library can cause a denial of service condition, potentially disrupting network bridging functions provided by openvswitch3.3. This impacts the availability of network services on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 9 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for openvswitch3.3 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:3964 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. The update is available for multiple architectures and should be installed promptly to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:3964
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a2fc0030b89be688883c628
Added to database: 6/15/2026, 9:04:03 AM
Last enriched: 6/15/2026, 9:05:18 AM
Last updated: 6/15/2026, 10:08:42 AM
Views: 3
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