Recommended update for audit
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for audit
The set of tools for Kernel Auditing (audit) has been
updated to version 1.8. The update brings many fixes and
enhancements, including:
* Add definitions for crypto events
* Add tcp_wrappers configuration option to auditd
* Add interpretations for epoll_ctl, lseek, and
sigaction to libauparse
* Add aulast, a program that prints a list of the last
logged in users
* Add system boot, shutdown, and run level change events
* Add max_restarts to audispd.conf to limit plugin
restarts
* Add new kernel capability event record types
* Add support in ausearch and aureport for TTY data
* Add new aureport option for TTY keystroke report
* Interpret TTY audit data in auparse
* Allow aulastlog to read input from standard input
* Allow ausearch and aureport to specify multiple node
names
* Allow auditd log rotation via SIGUSR1 when NOLOG log
format option is enabled
* Allow the keyword "any" for local_port in
audisp-remote
* Send AUDIT_RMW_TYPE_ENDING messages to clients when
auditd shuts down
* Fix ausearch and aureport to handle out of order
events
* Fix problem with negative UIDs in audit rules on
32bit systems
* Fix bug interpreting i386 logs on x86_64 machines
* Fix uninitialized variable in aureport that could
cause a segmentation fault
* Improve performance of ausearch and aureport.
The format of messages printed by the tools or logs
generated might have changed to improve readability or
include more information. For a comprehensive list of
changes please refer to the package change log.
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0329-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #792713 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. It includes one version update.
Description:
The set of tools for Kernel Auditing (audit) has been
updated to version 1.8. The update brings many fixes and
enhancements, including:
* Add definitions for crypto events
* Add tcp_wrappers configuration option to auditd
* Add interpretations for epoll_ctl, lseek, and
sigaction to libauparse
* Add aulast, a program that prints a list of the last
logged in users
* Add system boot, shutdown, and run level change events
* Add max_restarts to audispd.conf to limit plugin
restarts
* Add new kernel capability event record types
* Add support in ausearch and aureport for TTY data
* Add new aureport option for TTY keystroke report
* Interpret TTY audit data in auparse
* Allow aulastlog to read input from standard input
* Allow ausearch and aureport to specify multiple node
names
* Allow auditd log rotation via SIGUSR1 when NOLOG log
format option is enabled
* Allow the keyword "any" for local_port in
audisp-remote
* Send AUDIT_RMW_TYPE_ENDING messages to clients when
auditd shuts down
* Fix ausearch and aureport to handle out of order
events
* Fix problem with negative UIDs in audit rules on
32bit systems
* Fix bug interpreting i386 logs on x86_64 machines
* Fix uninitialized variable in aureport that could
cause a segmentation fault
* Improve performance of ausearch and aureport.
The format of messages printed by the tools or logs
generated might have changed to improve readability or
include more information. For a comprehensive list of
changes please refer to the package change log.
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-audit-18-7264 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-audit-18-7264 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-audit-18-7264 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-audit-18-7264
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: 1.8]:
- audit-devel-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-audispd-plugins-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-audispd-plugins-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-libs-x86-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-1.8-0.28.1
- audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:
- audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/792713
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ef44c3798aa618ace55800923eca3069