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SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1)

🗓️ 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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SUSE: Security Advisory for openvswitch package(s) (SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1) - Fixes multiple CVE

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.2212.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-9263", "CVE-2017-9265");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-19 00:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-06-08 00:50:36 +0000 (Thu, 08 Jun 2017)");

  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES12\.0SP3)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172212-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002734");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041447");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041470");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050896");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-August/003145.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'openvswitch' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:2212-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'openvswitch' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES12.0SP3") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openvswitch", rpm:"openvswitch~2.7.0~3.3.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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