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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2023-1823 Moderate: Open vSwitch IP Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A patch has been released for openvswitch2.13 on Red Hat 8, mitigating a moderate security vulnerability related to incorrect IP processing.
An update for openvswitch2.13 is now available for Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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):
* openvswitch: ip proto 0 triggers incorrect handling (CVE-2023-1668)
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):
* [23.C RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#2184495)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate network security red hat enterprise openvswitch datapath CVE-2023-1668

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1668 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
Source: openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.src.rpm
aarch64: network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm openvswitch2.13-devel-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm openvswitch2.13-ipsec-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm python3-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.aarch64.rpm
noarch: openvswitch2.13-test-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch2.13-devel-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm openvswitch2.13-ipsec-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm python3-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: network-scripts-openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch2.13-debuginfo-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.s390x.rpm openvswitch2.13-debugsource-2.13.0-214.el8fdp.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1823-01
Product: Fast Datapath
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1823
Issue date: 2023-04-18

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate network security red hat enterprise openvswitch datapath CVE-2023-1668

Relevant Releases Architectures

Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2137666 - CVE-2023-1668 openvswitch: ip proto 0 triggers incorrect handling

2184495 - [23.C RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release

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