Recommended update for yast2 and yast2-network

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1185-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides the following fixes: yast2: - Restart SuSEFirewall2 if needed to apply the final configuration once written during the AY Second Stage.(bsc#1080630) - Do not truncate kernel parameter when it contains '=' (bsc#1081353)

yast2-network: - Do not propose network interfaces without link (bsc#1062596) - Improve device name collision recognition when applying device renaming according to the autoyast profile. (bsc#1056109) - Remove an unnecessary SuSEFirewall.Write call when storing the Firewall remote client configuration. (bsc#1066982) - Fix the initialization and storing of firewall widget. (bsc#1066982) - Do not crash if a LanItem does not have the hardware info. (bsc#1078991) - Allow VNC and SSH access in SUSEFirewall in case of remote auto-installations for the second stage. (bsc#1080630) - Fix a crash when handling corrupted /etc/hosts file. (bsc#1077435)

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-830=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-830=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-830=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-830=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • yast2-3.2.45-3.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-3.2.51-2.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-3.2.45-3.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-3.2.51-2.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • yast2-3.2.45-3.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-3.2.51-2.29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • yast2-3.2.45-3.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-3.2.51-2.29.1

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