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RedHat RHSA-2020:0165-01 Moderate: Openvswitch Memory Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new version is released for openvswitch in RHEL 7 addressing moderate security vulnerabilities and correcting a memory leak problem.
An update for openvswitch is now available for Fast Datapath for RHEL 7

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

Summary

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
Security Fix(es):
* dpdk: possible memory leak leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-14818)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* Fast datapath guaranteed bandwidth for SR-IOV, OVS and OVS-DPDK (Test-only) (BZ#1546429)
* [ovs2.9] SSL connections drops are constantly logged in ovsdb-server-nb.log (BZ#1563574)
* [FD-7 hotfix] Connectivity issue across VXLAN tunnels in OVS-DPDK after reboot of hypervisor - problem clears up after restarting openvswitch (BZ#1758824)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service bug fix memory leak RHEL openvswitch

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14818 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Channel to provide early releases to layered products:
Source: openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.src.rpm
noarch: openvswitch-test-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm python-openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm python-openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openvswitch-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-124.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0165-01
Product: Fast Datapath
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
Issue date: 2020-01-21

Topic

An update for openvswitch is now available for Fast Datapath for RHEL 7.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service bug fix memory leak RHEL openvswitch

Relevant Releases Architectures

Channel to provide early releases to layered products - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1546429 - Fast datapath guaranteed bandwidth for SR-IOV, OVS and OVS-DPDK (Test-only)

1563574 - [ovs2.9] SSL connections drops are constantly logged in ovsdb-server-nb.log

1737327 - CVE-2019-14818 dpdk: possible memory leak leads to denial of service

1758824 - [FD-7 hotfix] Connectivity issue across VXLAN tunnels in OVS-DPDK after reboot of hypervisor - problem clears up after restarting openvswitch

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