An openvswitch security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3 and 15.4.

SUSE-SU-2022:3096-1: moderate: Security update for openvswitch

SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvswitch
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3096-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1188524
Cross-References: CVE-2021-36980
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-36980 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-36980 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-36980: Fixed a use-after-free issue during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action (bsc#1188524).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3096=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3096=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libopenvswitch-2_13-0-2.13.2-150200.9.17.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo-2.13.2-150200.9.17.1
libovn-20_03-0-20.03.1-150200.9.17.1
libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo-20.03.1-150200.9.17.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libopenvswitch-2_13-0-2.13.2-150200.9.17.1
libopenvswitch-2_13-0-debuginfo-2.13.2-150200.9.17.1
libovn-20_03-0-20.03.1-150200.9.17.1
libovn-20_03-0-debuginfo-20.03.1-150200.9.17.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-36980.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188524