Recommended update for yast2-core

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for yast2-core
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0810-1
Rating: important
References: #763386
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update fixes parsing of configuration files with
    option values longer than 2048 characters.

    In some cases, this could cause SuSEFirewall2
    configurations to become corrupted (bnc#763386).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-yast2-core-6447
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-yast2-core-6447
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-yast2-core-6447
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-yast2-core-6447

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.45]:
    • yast2-core-devel-2.17.45-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.45]:
    • yast2-core-2.17.45-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.45]:
    • yast2-core-2.17.45-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.45]:
    • yast2-core-2.17.45-0.5.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763386
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=781454194a0101a61f157bd50c11286e