SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2021:0298-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1117483 #1181345 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-27827
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

   - openvswitch was updated to 2.5.11
   - CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets
     (bsc#1181345)
   - datapath: Clear the L4 portion of the key for "later" fragments
   - datapath: Properly set L4 keys on "later" IP fragments
   - ofproto-dpif: Fix using uninitialised memory in user_action_cookie.
   - stream-ssl: Fix crash on NULL private key and valid certificate.
   - datapath: fix flow actions reallocation


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security 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 OpenStack Cloud 7:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2021-298=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2021-298=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2021-298=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-298=1



Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (s390x x86_64):

      openvswitch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64):

      openvswitch-dpdk-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64):

      openvswitch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      openvswitch-dpdk-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      openvswitch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (x86_64):

      openvswitch-dpdk-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64):

      openvswitch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-debugsource-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-dpdk-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-2.5.11-25.26.1
      openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.5.11-25.26.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27827.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117483
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181345