Security update for openvswitch

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0277-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-27827 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-27827 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

  • openvswitch was updated to 2.11.5
  • CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets (bsc#1181345)

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 ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-277=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-277=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
    • openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2

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