Recommended update for syslog-ng

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for syslog-ng
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1195-1
Rating: low
References: #761635
Affected Products:
  • 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.

    Description:


    This is a collective update for syslog-ng which fixes:

    * a potential segfault when trying to open non-existing
    optional source files
    * always consider destination pipes as optional and try
    to reopen as specified in time_reopen seconds.

    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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-syslog-ng-6742
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-syslog-ng-6742
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-syslog-ng-6742

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.36.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/761635
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b0b9613fe5ff90d9ee100045b741818a