Recommended update for bash

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2418-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem 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 has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for bash fixes the following issues:

  • Rework patch readline-7.0-screen (bsc#1143055): map all "screen(-xxx)?.yyy(-zzz)?" to "screen" as well as map "konsole(-xxx)?" and "gnome(-xxx)?" to "xterm"
  • Add a backport from bash 5.0 to perform better with large numbers of sub processes. (bsc#1133773)

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-15-2019-2418=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-2418=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • bash-4.4-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-debuginfo-7.0-9.10.1
    • bash-devel-4.4-9.10.1
    • bash-debugsource-4.4-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-7.0-9.10.1
    • readline-devel-7.0-9.10.1
    • bash-debuginfo-4.4-9.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • bash-lang-4.4-9.10.1
    • bash-doc-4.4-9.10.1
    • readline-doc-7.0-9.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • libreadline7-32bit-7.0-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-32bit-debuginfo-7.0-9.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • bash-4.4-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-debuginfo-7.0-9.10.1
    • bash-devel-4.4-9.10.1
    • bash-debugsource-4.4-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-7.0-9.10.1
    • readline-devel-7.0-9.10.1
    • bash-debuginfo-4.4-9.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • readline-doc-7.0-9.10.1
    • bash-doc-4.4-9.10.1
    • bash-lang-4.4-9.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • libreadline7-32bit-7.0-9.10.1
    • libreadline7-32bit-debuginfo-7.0-9.10.1

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