Recommended update for SuSEfirewall2

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SuSEfirewall2
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2957-1
Rating: important
References: #1067057
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for SuSEfirewall2 fixes the following issues:

    - Fixed a regression that was introduced by the previous security update.
    The regression caused some rpcinfo related configurations of
    SuSEfirewall2 to fail. For example the setting
    FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT="nfs-kernel-server" no longer correctly opened up
    the necessary ports for the nfs server, consequently making NFS
    unavailable (bsc#1067057).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1834=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1834=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1834=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1

    References: