Recommended update for shim

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3984-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for shim fixes the following issues:

The shim was updated to the unified shim binary from SLE-15 (fate#318904)

This includes shim version: 14, "Thu May 10 09:20:39 UTC 2018"

Following issues were fixed:

  • Use the correct signature length to avoid the potential security issue (bsc#991885)
  • Detect the DNS node correctly in the device path to fix the possible failure during HTTPBoot (bsc#1065370)
  • Fix the PXE loading path (bsc#1086589)
  • Fix the potential freeze in MokManager (bsc#1088585)
  • Avoid the infinite reset loop due to the faulty firmware (bsc#1092000)

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 Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2844=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • shim-14-25.3.2

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