Recommended update for yast2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1568-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2 and yast2-security fixes the following issues:

Changes in yast2:

Update to version 4.2.93:

  • In ShadowConfig module consider only the /etc/login.defs file and ignore the /etc/login.defs.d/. (bsc#1184131)

Changes in yast2-security:

Update to version 4.2.25:

  • Write shadow configuration to /etc/login.defs ignoring the /etc/login.defs.d. (bsc#1184131)

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 Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2021-1568=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1568=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1568=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-4.2.93-3.27.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • yast2-security-4.2.25-3.27.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-logs-4.2.93-3.27.1
    • yast2-4.2.93-3.27.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • yast2-security-4.2.25-3.27.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • yast2-logs-4.2.93-3.27.1

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