Recommended update for firewalld

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3224-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for firewalld fixes the following issues:

  • update to firewalld version 0.5.5 (bsc#1108420)
  • translation update
  • if direct rules fail to apply, it will add a "Direct" label to error message
  • if startup fails on reload, it will reapply a non-permanent config that survives the reload
  • Add upstream patch to mark more strings as translatable (bsc#1096542)
  • Add upstream patches to fix NetworkManager integration (bsc#1109074)
  • Add upstream patch to fix ifcfg ZONE attribute on permanent firewall changes (bsc#1109153)

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-15-2018-2303=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-2303=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • firewall-macros-0.5.5-4.12.1
    • python3-firewall-0.5.5-4.12.1
    • firewalld-lang-0.5.5-4.12.1
    • firewalld-0.5.5-4.12.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (noarch)
    • firewall-config-0.5.5-4.12.1
    • firewall-applet-0.5.5-4.12.1

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