Recommended update for aaa_base

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2423-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for aaa_base fixes the following issues:

Added sysctl.d/51-network.conf to tighten network security (bsc#1146866) (jira#SLE-9132)

Following settings have been tightened (and set to 0):

  • net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-2423=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-2423=1
  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2019-2423=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2019-2423=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1
    • aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.15.1

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