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SUSE: 2021:0277-1 Important: Openvswitch Memory Leak Details

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
Open vSwitch has updated its security protocols to address a critical memory leak vulnerability, improving system stability and resource management to prevent exploits
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata 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 for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-277=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-277=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-277=1

References

#1117483 #1181345

Cross- CVE-2020-27827

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117483

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181345

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0277-1
Rating: important

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