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SUSE: 2021:0276-1 Important Openvswitch Memory Leak Fix

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases pivotal security patch addressing serious memory leak in Open vSwitch. Instructions for installation are provided.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues: - openvswitch was updated to 2.11.5 - CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets (bsc#1181345) 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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-276=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): libopenvswitch-2_11-0-2.11.5-3.3.2 libopenvswitch-2_11-0-debuginfo-2.11.5-3.3.2 openvswitch-2.11.5-3.3.2 openvswitch-debuginfo-2.11.5-3.3.2 openvswitch-debugsource-2.11.5-3.3.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch memory leak installation instructions SUSE openvswitch

References

#1181345

Cross- CVE-2020-27827

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181345

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0276-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch memory leak installation instructions SUSE openvswitch

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