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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1162-1 Moderate Security Update for Client Tools

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2021
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The latest openSUSE release resolves various concerns within SUSE Manager Client Tools, improving both operational efficiency and user protection.
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has one errata is now available

Description

This update fixes the following issues:

ansible:

- The support level for ansible is l2, not l3

dracut-saltboot:

- Force installation of libexpat.so.1 (bsc#1188846)

- Use kernel parameters from PXE formula also for local boot

golang-github-prometheus-prometheus:

- Provide and reload firewalld configuration only for:

+ openSUSE Leap 15.0, 15.1, 15.2

+ SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, 15 SP1, 15 SP2

- Upgrade to upstream version 2.27.1 (jsc#SLE-18254)

+ Bugfix:

* SECURITY: Fix arbitrary redirects under the /new endpoint

(CVE-2021-29622, bsc#1186242)

* UI: Provide errors instead of blank page on TSDB Status Page. #8654

#8659

* TSDB: Do not panic when writing very large records to the WAL. #8790

* TSDB: Avoid panic when mmaped memory is referenced after the file is

closed. #8723

* Scaleway Discovery: Fix nil pointer dereference. #8737

* Consul Discovery: Restart no longer required...

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update patch software issue openSUSE client tools

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1162=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

golang-github-prometheus-prometheus-2.27.1-lp152.3.13.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

ansible-2.9.21-lp152.2.7.1

ansible-doc-2.9.21-lp152.2.7.1

ansible-test-2.9.21-lp152.2.7.1

dracut-saltboot-0.1.1627546504.96a0b3e-lp152.2.26.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27962.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28146.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28147.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28148.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29622.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175478

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186242

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186508

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186581

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186650

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188846

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1162-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ble.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update patch software issue openSUSE client tools

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