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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: openvswitch security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0053-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0053
Issue date: 2019-01-16
CVE Names: CVE-2018-17204 CVE-2018-17205 CVE-2018-17206
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1. Summary:
An update for openvswitch is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
10.0 (Newton).
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
OpenStack 10.0 Tools for RHEL 7 - noarch
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 - ppc64le, x86_64
3. Description:
Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
Security Fix(es):
* openvswitch: Mishandle of group mods in
lib/ofp-util.c:parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method() allows for assertion
failure (CVE-2018-17204)
* openvswitch: Error during bundle commit in
ofproto/ofproto.c:ofproto_rule_insert__() allows for crash (CVE-2018-17205)
* openvswitch: Buffer over-read in lib/ofp-actions.c:decode_bundle()
(CVE-2018-17206)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1632522 - CVE-2018-17204 openvswitch: Mishandle of group mods in lib/ofp-util.c:parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method() allows for assertion failure
1632525 - CVE-2018-17205 openvswitch: Error during bundle commit in ofproto/ofproto.c:ofproto_rule_insert__() allows for crash
1632528 - CVE-2018-17206 openvswitch: Buffer over-read in lib/ofp-actions.c:decode_bundle()
1644383 - Issues with LACP failover - frames dropped in OVS DPDK 2.9 with OSP 10
1651454 - openvswitch package release request including the fix of RHBZ#1526306 for RHOSP10
6. Package List:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0:
Source:
openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.src.rpm
ppc64le:
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
OpenStack 10.0 Tools for RHEL 7:
noarch:
openvswitch-test-2.9.0-83.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17204
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17205
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17206
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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