Security update for POS_Image3, POS_Server3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2627-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3

An update that has 14 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides POS_Image3 and POS_Server3 version 3.5.5, which bring many fixes and enhancements:

  • Fixed potential security issues (bsc#946740)
  • use three argument perl open function consistently
  • use array in perl system call everywhere
  • use preferably perl built-in functions instead of external shell commands
  • improved validation of uploaded files from terminals to BS
  • improved runcmd code used for calling external commands
  • Auto-registration should not start before dhcpd is ready (bsc#1003383)
  • Fixed handling of HTTP redirects in registerImages (bsc#1003376)
  • Fixed handling x86_64 images (bsc#1003374)
  • Do not limit number of entries for BS LDAP (bsc#985979)
  • Increase max wait time to 10mins (bsc#989247)
  • Infer service IP when only one BS NIC is specified in LDAP (bsc#927232)
  • Fixed regression in directly referenced image in scWorkstation object (bsc#979925)
  • Fixed handling deltas of compressed images in registerImages (bsc#887607)
  • Fixed posleases to handle stop event correctly (bsc#883017)
  • Fixed save_poslogs utility to dump LDAP content on BS (bsc#890002)
  • Do not configure authoritative DNS outside netmask (bsc#889665)
  • Add ipHostNumber field to services in posAdmin-GUI (bsc#944292)
  • Fixed multival modification in posAdmin (bsc#840279)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-POS_Image3-12817=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
    • POS_Image3-3.5.5-18.1
    • POS_Image-Netboot-hooks-3.4.0-18.1
    • POS_Image-Tools-3.4.0-18.1
    • POS_Image-Minimal3-3.4.0-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • POS_Server-AdminTools3-3.5.5-18.1
    • POS_Migration-3.5.5-18.1
    • POS_Server-AdminGUI-3.5.5-18.1
    • admind-1.9-18.1
    • POS_Server3-3.5.5-18.1
    • POS_Server-Admin3-3.5.5-18.1
    • posbios-1.0-18.1
    • POS_Server-Modules3-3.5.5-18.1
    • admind-client-1.9-18.1
    • POS_Server-BranchTools3-3.5.5-18.1

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