SUSE-SU-2018:0505-1

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SUSE-SU-2018:0505-1

Summary: Security update for openvswitch

Details: This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues: * CVE-2017-9263: While parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() functio for undefined role status reasons in the function `ofp_print_role_status_message` in `lib/ofp-print.c` that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch. (bsc#1041470) * CVE-2017-9265: Buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in `lib/ofp-util.c` in the function `ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod`.(bsc#1041447) * CVE-2017-9214: While parsing an OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REPLY type OFP 1.0 message, there is a buffer over-read that is caused by an unsigned integer underflow in the function `ofputil_pull_queue_get_config_reply10` in `lib/ofp-util.c`. (bsc#1040543) * CVE-2017-14970: In lib/ofp-util.c, there are multiple memory leaks while parsing malformed OpenFlow group mod messages.(bsc#1061310) * Do not stop the systemd service on package removals as this can break networking. Moreover, this allows us to easily update to more recent openvswitch releases without connectivity problems (bsc#1050896)

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180505-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040543, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041447, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041470, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050896, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061310, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14970, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9214, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9263, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9265