openSUSE Security Update : openvswitch (openSUSE-2017-1354)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105239

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

- CVE-2017-14970: Add upstream patches to fix memory leaks (bsc#1061310).

Bug fixes :

- Fix rpmlint warnings (bsc#1057357).

- Add missing post/postun scriptlets for the ovn-common sub-package (bsc#1054094).

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

Solution

Update the affected openvswitch packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105239

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1354.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/14/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 12/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14970

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