RedHat: RHSA-2021-0497:01 Moderate: openvswitch2.13 security and bug fix
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: limitation in the OVS packet parsing in userspace leads to
DoS (CVE-2020-35498)
* lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak
(CVE-2020-27827)
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):
* [RFE] Add auto load balance params (BZ#1920121)
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-2020-27827 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35498 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
Source:
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.src.rpm
noarch:
openvswitch2.13-test-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.13-devel-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.13-ipsec-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.13-devel-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.13-ipsec-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.13-devel-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.13-ipsec-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-79.5.el8fdp.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
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Topic
An update for openvswitch2.13 is now available for Fast Datapath for RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.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
Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1908845 - CVE-2020-35498 openvswitch: limitation in the OVS packet parsing in userspace leads to DoS
1920121 - [RFE] Add auto load balance params
1921438 - CVE-2020-27827 lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak