RHBA-2019:1102 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openvswitch packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The Open vSwitch suite provides standard network bridging functions and
support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
The openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy package adds an SELinux policy that
enables the Open vSwitch suite of utilities to function with SELinux in
enforcing mode.

Changes to the openvswitch component:

• The current version includes the openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy package. This shipped previously as part of the multi-product mappings described in https://errata.devel.redhat.com/errata/content/34068. (BZ#1579536)

All users who require openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy are advised to
install this new package.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1579536 - ship openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy from FDP in RHV-4.3
• BZ - 1700472 - Consume openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy in RHEL 7 RHV 4.3

CVEs

(none)

References

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