Recommended update for seccheck

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for seccheck
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1531-1
Rating: low
References: #746042 #768963 #769046 #769770
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

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

    Description:


    This collective update to Security-Check Scripts (seccheck)
    resolves the following issues:

    * Parse lsof output correctly, preventing spurious
    changes to listening sockets (bnc#769046)
    * Do not print warnings when the John utility is not
    installed (bnc#768963)
    * Improve reporting of account names with equal UIDs
    (bnc#769770)
    * Do not limit the mount point detection to special
    file systems (bnc#746042).

    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-seccheck-6893
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-seccheck-6893

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch):
    • seccheck-2.0-657.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):
    • seccheck-2.0-657.17.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746042
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/768963
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/769046
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/769770
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c1fbda0ecb033b8328551d59535cb314