Recommended update for jabberd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for jabberd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0653-1
Rating: moderate
References: #787621
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2
  • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2

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

    Description:


    The Jabber Open Source Server (jabberd) was updated to version 2.2.17,
    bringing many fixes and enhancements:

    * Enhancements from the Apple ChatServer fork were merged into
    mainline.
    * Shortcut DNS resolution failure in cases when given domain name is
    invalid.
    * Implement XEP-0138: Stream Compression for S2S connections.
    * Prevent /usr/bin/jabberd from busy-looping.
    * Many stability fixes, memory leak fixes, and connection handling
    fixes. (bnc#787621).

    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slemap17sp2-jabberd-9092
    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sleman17sp2-jabberd-9092

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.2.17]:
    • jabberd-2.2.17-0.4.2.1
    • jabberd-db-2.2.17-0.4.2.1
    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.2.17]:
    • jabberd-2.2.17-0.4.2.1
    • jabberd-db-2.2.17-0.4.2.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/787621
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=7e6a326100cc0c1796760d7467dee832