Recommended update for vsftpd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for vsftpd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1456-1
Rating: low
References: #762381 #767364
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for vsftpd provides the following fixes:

    * 767364: Fix SSL session context handling causing SSL
    data connections to fail
    * 762381: Fix vsftpd childs terminating under high load

    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-vsftpd-6966
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-vsftpd-6966

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • vsftpd-2.0.7-4.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • vsftpd-2.0.7-4.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • vsftpd-2.0.4-19.18.222.24.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • vsftpd-2.0.4-19.18.222.24.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/762381
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/767364
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5698d83e8b0510424aa19c03c7722548
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=dfd0abe45177d4f0dee003dca75845aa