openSUSE Security Update : openvswitch (openSUSE-2017-973)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102811

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-9263: OpenFlow role status message can cause a call to abort() leading to application crash (bsc#1041470)

- CVE-2017-9265: Buffer over-read while parsing message could lead to crash or maybe arbitrary code execution (bsc#1041447)

- Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server services on package updates (bsc#1002734)

- Do not restart the ovs-vswitchd, ovsdb-server and openvswitch services on package removals. This facilitates potential future package moves but also preserves connectivity when the package is removed (bsc#1050896)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected openvswitch packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102811

File Name: openSUSE-2017-973.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2017

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-central-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-vtep, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-central, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-docker, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-vtep-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-test-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-host, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-host-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-pki, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-vtep, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-ovn-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvswitch-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9263, CVE-2017-9265

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