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SUSE: 2021:0297-1 Important Memory Leak Fix for Openvswitch

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
The latest Open vSwitch update tackles serious security flaws, including a significant memory leak. Learn effective ways to apply this patch and boost system stability
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 2.8.10 - CVE-2020-27827: Fixed a memory leak when parsing lldp packets (bsc#1181345) A lot more minor bugs have been fixed with this openvswitch version. Please refer to the changelog of the openvswitch.rpm file in order to obtain a list of all changes. 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-297=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-297=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-297=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory leak SUSE important update openvswitch

References

#1117483 #1181345

Cross- CVE-2020-27827

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

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-2021:0297-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory leak SUSE important update openvswitch

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