Security update for openvswitch

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1002734 bsc#1041447 bsc#1041470 bsc#1050896
Cross-References:	CVE-2017-9263 CVE-2017-9265
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

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9263.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9265.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002734
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041447
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041470
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050896