SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1 Rating: important References: #1002734 #1041447 #1041470 #1050896 Cross-References: CVE-2017-9263 CVE-2017-9265 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
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 Security Update use YaST online_update. 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
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
openvswitch-2.7.0-3.3.1 openvswitch-debuginfo-2.7.0-3.3.1 openvswitch-debugsource-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/1002734 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041447 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041470 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050896