RedHat: RHSA-2019-0053:01 Moderate: openvswitch security and bug fix update
Summary
Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
Security Fix(es):
* openvswitch: Mishandle of group mods in
lib/ofp-util.c:parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method() allows for assertion
failure (CVE-2018-17204)
* openvswitch: Error during bundle commit in
ofproto/ofproto.c:ofproto_rule_insert__() allows for crash (CVE-2018-17205)
* openvswitch: Buffer over-read in lib/ofp-actions.c:decode_bundle()
(CVE-2018-17206)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17204 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17205 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17206 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0:
Source:
openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.src.rpm
ppc64le:
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
OpenStack 10.0 Tools for RHEL 7:
noarch:
openvswitch-test-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for openvswitch is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform10.0 (Newton).Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
OpenStack 10.0 Tools for RHEL 7 - noarch
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1632522 - CVE-2018-17204 openvswitch: Mishandle of group mods in lib/ofp-util.c:parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method() allows for assertion failure
1632525 - CVE-2018-17205 openvswitch: Error during bundle commit in ofproto/ofproto.c:ofproto_rule_insert__() allows for crash
1632528 - CVE-2018-17206 openvswitch: Buffer over-read in lib/ofp-actions.c:decode_bundle()
1644383 - Issues with LACP failover - frames dropped in OVS DPDK 2.9 with OSP 10
1651454 - openvswitch package release request including the fix of RHBZ#1526306 for RHOSP10
