Security update for openvswitch

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-9263 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9263 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9265 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9265 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-9263: OpenFlow role status message can cause a call to abort() leading to application crash (bsc#1041470)

  • CVE-2017-9265: Buffer over-read while parsing message could lead to crash or maybe arbitrary code execution (bsc#1041447)

  • Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server services on package updates (bsc#1002734)

  • Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd, ovsdb-server and openvswitch services on package removals. This facilitates potential future package moves but also preserves connectivity when the package is removed (bsc#1050896)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1348=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1348=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1348=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.3.1
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.3.1

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