SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2021:0297-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1117483 #1181345 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-27827
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS
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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 2.8.10
   - CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets
     (bsc#1181345) A lot more minor bugs have been fixed with this
     openvswitch version. Please refer to the changelog of the
     openvswitch.rpm file in order to obtain a list of all changes.


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 Crowbar 9:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-297=1

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-297=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-297=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-297=1



Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.10-4.23.1
      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.10-4.23.1

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.10-4.23.1
      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.10-4.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (ppc64le x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.10-4.23.1
      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.10-4.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.10-4.23.1
      libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.10-4.23.1
      openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.10-4.23.1


References:

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