SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2021:0277-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1117483 #1181345 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-27827
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
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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 2.11.5
   - CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets
     (bsc#1181345)


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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-277=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-277=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (ppc64le x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (aarch64 s390x):

      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (aarch64 x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (aarch64
 x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-6.30.2
      libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-6.30.2
      openvswitch-devel-2.11.5-6.30.2


References:

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