RedHat: RHSA-2018-2524:01 Moderate: openvswitch security and bug fix update
Summary
Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
Security Fix(es):
* dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual
address translations (CVE-2018-1059)
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.
This issue was discovered by Maxime Coquelin (Red Hat).
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1059 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0:
Source:
openvswitch-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.src.rpm
noarch:
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
openvswitch-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
openvswitch-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm
OpenStack 12.0 Tools for RHEL 7:
noarch:
openvswitch-test-2.9.0-19.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for openvswitch is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform12.0 (Pike).Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
OpenStack 12.0 Tools for RHEL 7 - noarch
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1544298 - CVE-2018-1059 dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual address translations
1547518 - Need an openvswitch-test package that can be installed along with python-openvswitch from OSP repo [openstack-12]
1561969 - Backport from master OVS for "LACP: check active partner sys id"
1583749 - openvswitch-2.9.0-19.el7fdp installs /var/log/openvswitch with permissions 0755 [openstack-12]
