Recommended update for vsftpd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for vsftpd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1535-1
Rating: moderate
References: #786024 #935279 #968138 #969411 #970982 #971784 #972169
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

  • An update that has 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for vsftpd fixes the following issues:

    - ? wildcard matching broken (bsc#969411).
    - Hang when using seccomp and syslog (bsc#971784).
    - User creation to not report errors when user already exists (bsc#972169).
    - Hang on pam_exec in pam.d (bsc#970982).
    - Memory leaks in ls.c (bsc#968138).
    - Logrotate script fails when vsftpd is not running. (bsc#935279)

    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 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-912=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-912=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • vsftpd-3.0.2-31.1
      • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.2-31.1
      • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.2-31.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • vsftpd-3.0.2-31.1
      • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.2-31.1
      • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.2-31.1

    References: