Recommended update for SuSEfirewall2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2957-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has one 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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1834=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1834=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1834=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • SuSEfirewall2-3.6.312-2.16.1

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