Security update for openvswitch

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:3232-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-14970 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-14970 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-14970: Add upstream patches to fix memory leaks (bsc#1061310).

Bug fixes:

  • Fix rpmlint warnings (bsc#1057357).
  • Add missing post/postun scriptlets for the ovn-common sub-package (bsc#1054094).

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

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.10.1
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.7.0-3.10.1

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