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SUSE: 2021:0300-1 Important: Openvswitch Memory Leak Patch

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
Significant SUSE security patch released for openvswitch addressing a severe memory leak issue, along with detailed installation guidance.
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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-300=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-300=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-300=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory leak SUSE important update openvswitch

References

#1117483 #1181345

Cross- CVE-2020-27827

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

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-2021:0300-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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