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Fedora 40: 2024-bf29e92de4 Critical: ovn Denial of Service Risk

Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all] Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-bf29e92de4 2024-03-23 00:20:56.401388 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ovn Product : Fedora 40 Version : 23.09.0 Release : 139.fc40 URL : http://www.openvswitch.org/ Summary : Open Virtual Network support Description : OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all] Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Mar 13 2024 Numan Siddique - 23.09.0-139 - github: Reduce ASLR entropy to be compatible with asan in llvm 14. [Upstream: 835b43811dfcf469da3123911240cc953b52bac3] - Prepare for 23.09.4. [Upstream: 5ce1740aaa02ebeed561ffb6298b71035b5c908a] - Set release date for 23.09.3. [Upstream: fbdc94d4309f28ad59e41025ff42945478dd12cc] - controller: Set check_tnl_key for BFD on tunnel ifaces. [Upstream: c966c35f1b1cd8c5351ccac3051843fbf765c2ae] - tests: Skip EDNS test if the scapy version doesn't support it. [Upstream: 7af89a5e50a4ba75a3ea5c393499f1e0fa0a6abb] - northd: Don't skip the unSNAT stage for traffic towards VIPs. [Upstream: 094b1217345a8ae5935fdd4dfec4949f46197377] - Prepare for 23.09.3. [Upstream: 7bd52d7a25f2ddad0be25a5e54a3eb63d98a19d8] - Setrelease date for 23.09.2. [Upstream: 04b23938302ad54f453f622a4b0c2fa5e27d3e41] * Mon Mar 4 2024 Numan Siddique - 23.09.0-131 - Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since last update (23.09.0-109) - northd: Don't create fair Sb meters for ACLs with logging disabled. [Upstream: 215d53ea1436f03ab26a1a65df0824b319e6a4c3] - ci: Update crun in GitHub actions runner. [Upstream: 5bf1773c90ef7b61a85946027a987184e8d74fa0] - ci: Update crun in Cirrus CI cloud image. [Upstream: afa3da7677ed4d484612b820d8f09642d5821bd4] - controller: ofctrl: Use index for meter lookups. [Upstream: 683fb6dd2fc3c2ab025b1dd87ba2883e40d6d775] - tests: Fix "router port type update and then ...". [Upstream: c463d1de1a0c2cd368a4809f0d9eda9792b79851] - tests: Fix "ovn-controller - Chassis other_config". [Upstream: cbd4f2fcd0223a96c739dd07eded753f8f9b2a30] - tests: Fix "ofctrl wait before clearing flows". [Upstream: 81486b62bcac0d081ca907533ae34d826605b485] - tests: Fix flaky "ovn-controller-vtep - binding 1". [Upstream: 48a08a447340b095e8472d40aaaac5156320b4c1] - tests: Fix flaky "options:requested-chassis ...". [Upstream: a088df5aa75a7207ccdd751d2167e1536113737f] - tests: Fix typos in tests. [Upstream: 0a5726652b202add51d1dc8b6557268673e6cc51] - tests: Have tests fail when adding veth peer fails. [Upstream: 609a943e33c734d368f2019e7d3b41e31bb31d6f] - pinctrl: dns: Ignore additional records. [Upstream: 511f5a214226be84ae3b9434ffcab973e37295eb] - ovn-ic: Fix global blacklist filter for IPv6 addresses. [Upstream: 27d23712260b9faba23018ce973010743e30ccf7] - tests: Fix macro OVN_CHECK_PACKETS_CONTAIN. [Upstream: 28b0eddff68c5a64b80071a9a27cb79e3fac792a] - features.c: Always wait on the rconn. [Upstream: c0c9e507470439c3220b99c361f71e0cff3406fc] - ci: Bump CirrusCI Ubuntu image version [Upstream: 41e7f01872dae61b9ffcc1d3871865313ff90619] - Documentation: Fix broken links in ovn-sandbox.rst. [Upstream: 99d22a176f45971516803129f08c7a37a50bc4a1] - ovn-sb.xml:Remove IPv4-only restriction from Service Monitors. [Upstream: 97fca0f846bf6839144fc04fed6f0873198b4f89] - github: Update versions of action dependencies (Node.js 20). [Upstream: 2981936b61e0e0694c16df979b986dd1cb60b147] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2267840 - CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-bf29e92de4' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam, report it: . Update release for CVE-2024-2182 resolving BFD packet vulnerability on Fedora 40. Ensure awareness of emerging threats.. Fedora Update, OVN Security, BFD Packet Risk, Denial of Service, Security Mitigations. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Mar 23, 2024 Critical Fedora
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Fedora 38: FEDORA-2024-7c11edcd20 Critical: ovn Denial of Service Attack

Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-7c11edcd20 2024-03-22 01:41:36.209974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ovn Product : Fedora 38 Version : 23.09.0 Release : 139.fc38 URL : http://www.openvswitch.org/ Summary : Open Virtual Network support Description : OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Mar 13 2024 Numan Siddique - 23.09.0-139 - github: Reduce ASLR entropy to be compatible with asan in llvm 14. [Upstream: 835b43811dfcf469da3123911240cc953b52bac3] - Prepare for 23.09.4. [Upstream: 5ce1740aaa02ebeed561ffb6298b71035b5c908a] - Set release date for 23.09.3. [Upstream: fbdc94d4309f28ad59e41025ff42945478dd12cc] - controller: Set check_tnl_key for BFD on tunnel ifaces. [Upstream: c966c35f1b1cd8c5351ccac3051843fbf765c2ae] - tests: Skip EDNS test if the scapy version doesn't support it. [Upstream: 7af89a5e50a4ba75a3ea5c393499f1e0fa0a6abb] - northd: Don't skip the unSNAT stage for traffic towards VIPs. [Upstream: 094b1217345a8ae5935fdd4dfec4949f46197377] - Prepare for 23.09.3. [Upstream: 7bd52d7a25f2ddad0be25a5e54a3eb63d98a19d8] - Set release date for 23.09.2. [Upstream: 04b23938302ad54f453f622a4b0c2fa5e27d3e41] * Mon Mar 4 2024 Numan Siddique -23.09.0-131 - Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since last update (23.09.0-109) - northd: Don't create fair Sb meters for ACLs with logging disabled. [Upstream: 215d53ea1436f03ab26a1a65df0824b319e6a4c3] - ci: Update crun in GitHub actions runner. [Upstream: 5bf1773c90ef7b61a85946027a987184e8d74fa0] - ci: Update crun in Cirrus CI cloud image. [Upstream: afa3da7677ed4d484612b820d8f09642d5821bd4] - controller: ofctrl: Use index for meter lookups. [Upstream: 683fb6dd2fc3c2ab025b1dd87ba2883e40d6d775] - tests: Fix "router port type update and then ...". [Upstream: c463d1de1a0c2cd368a4809f0d9eda9792b79851] - tests: Fix "ovn-controller - Chassis other_config". [Upstream: cbd4f2fcd0223a96c739dd07eded753f8f9b2a30] - tests: Fix "ofctrl wait before clearing flows". [Upstream: 81486b62bcac0d081ca907533ae34d826605b485] - tests: Fix flaky "ovn-controller-vtep - binding 1". [Upstream: 48a08a447340b095e8472d40aaaac5156320b4c1] - tests: Fix flaky "options:requested-chassis ...". [Upstream: a088df5aa75a7207ccdd751d2167e1536113737f] - tests: Fix typos in tests. [Upstream: 0a5726652b202add51d1dc8b6557268673e6cc51] - tests: Have tests fail when adding veth peer fails. [Upstream: 609a943e33c734d368f2019e7d3b41e31bb31d6f] - pinctrl: dns: Ignore additional records. [Upstream: 511f5a214226be84ae3b9434ffcab973e37295eb] - ovn-ic: Fix global blacklist filter for IPv6 addresses. [Upstream: 27d23712260b9faba23018ce973010743e30ccf7] - tests: Fix macro OVN_CHECK_PACKETS_CONTAIN. [Upstream: 28b0eddff68c5a64b80071a9a27cb79e3fac792a] - features.c: Always wait on the rconn. [Upstream: c0c9e507470439c3220b99c361f71e0cff3406fc] - ci: Bump CirrusCI Ubuntu image version [Upstream: 41e7f01872dae61b9ffcc1d3871865313ff90619] - Documentation: Fix broken links in ovn-sandbox.rst. [Upstream: 99d22a176f45971516803129f08c7a37a50bc4a1] - ovn-sb.xml: Remove IPv4-only restriction from Service Monitors. [Upstream: 97fca0f846bf6839144fc04fed6f0873198b4f89] - github:Update versions of action dependencies (Node.js 20). [Upstream: 2981936b61e0e0694c16df979b986dd1cb60b147] * Fri Feb 9 2024 Dumitru Ceara - 23.09.0-112 - Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since last update (23.09.0-109) - northd: Remove the protocol match from ECMP symmetric reply flows. [Upstream: a36f2955be67a6581e81fb3ae27de825e0046b52] - northd: Explicitly handle SNAT for ICMP need frag. [Upstream: 6a4c412f43d5f1c076fac3784a4ffeb8a3861436] - actions: Adjust the ct_commit_nat action. [Upstream: 069842478601c0b01b0cc3117637e5a00344fcb6] * Tue Jan 30 2024 Numan Siddique - 23.09.0-109 - Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since last update (23.09.0-106) - ovs: Bump submodule to tip of OVS branch-3.2. [Upstream: f224c6e5f69c099ddb008f99dba2e19a902a612f] - actions: Use random port selection for SNAT with external_port_range. [Upstream: 7ee483a45df19e11e26487e64a93940e0de64b9a] - ovn-ic: Handle NB:name updates properly. [Upstream: 0e684ec206e8979694912ad1037145ccd0d0b7dc] * Mon Jan 29 2024 Dumitru Ceara - 23.09.0-106 - Sync to upstream OVN branch-23.09. Below are the commits since last update (23.09.0-100) - northd: Make sure that affinity flows match on VIP. [Upstream: 859e8d917408d50272c910f78ac44ab8a593aa13] - Fix segfault due to ssl-ciphers. [Upstream: d39e7c0068ecc719a3d6154e2078d6d9a3435fc9] - ovn: Add tunnel PMTUD support. (#2241711) [Upstream: 6d2f9d60760a793c15ca7423b24ff586b653fc76] - controller: fixed potential segfault when changing tunnel_key and deleting ls. [Upstream: 120075357a624293d52a1905c47a1bd249d2157c] - northd: Use proper field for lookup_nd [Upstream: 8e25c1c37aa3301f69bc89ee49ffaef5aa2f76fd] - checkpatch.py: Port checkpatch related changes from the OVS repo. [Upstream: bf334c65e1ead50013880049564d445919aee61f] * Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 23.09.0-102 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering -23.09.0-101 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2267840 - CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-7c11edcd20' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam, report it: . Patch released for ovn in Fedora tackling inadequate packet inspection that could result in possible service disruption.. Fedora Update, OVN Security, Denial of Service Fix, Packet Validation, Open Virtual Network. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Mar 22, 2024 Critical Fedora
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Fedora 39: 2024-082155d6b7 Critical: ovn Denial Of Service Threat

Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-082155d6b7 2024-03-22 01:15:00.283802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ovn Product : Fedora 39 Version : 23.09.0 Release : 139.fc39 URL : http://www.openvswitch.org/ Summary : Open Virtual Network support Description : OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service [fedora-all] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Mar 13 2024 Numan Siddique - 23.09.0-139 - github: Reduce ASLR entropy to be compatible with asan in llvm 14. [Upstream: 835b43811dfcf469da3123911240cc953b52bac3] - Prepare for 23.09.4. [Upstream: 5ce1740aaa02ebeed561ffb6298b71035b5c908a] - Set release date for 23.09.3. [Upstream: fbdc94d4309f28ad59e41025ff42945478dd12cc] - controller: Set check_tnl_key for BFD on tunnel ifaces. [Upstream: c966c35f1b1cd8c5351ccac3051843fbf765c2ae] - tests: Skip EDNS test if the scapy version doesn't support it. [Upstream: 7af89a5e50a4ba75a3ea5c393499f1e0fa0a6abb] - northd: Don't skip the unSNAT stage for traffic towards VIPs. [Upstream: 094b1217345a8ae5935fdd4dfec4949f46197377] - Prepare for 23.09.3. [Upstream: 7bd52d7a25f2ddad0be25a5e54a3eb63d98a19d8] - Set release date for 23.09.2. [Upstream:04b23938302ad54f453f622a4b0c2fa5e27d3e41] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2267840 - CVE-2024-2182 ovn: insufficient validation of BFD packets may lead to denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-082155d6b7' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam, report it: . Urgent security patch for ovn resolves inadequate validation of BFD packets, which could lead to potential denial of service vulnerabilities.. Fedora 39 Security Update, BFD Packet Validation, ovn Denial of Service Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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