Recommended update for vsftpd

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1186-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains one feature and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vsftpd fixes the following issues:

  • Fix an issue when vsftpd crashes as 'seccomp' blocks new syscall. (bsc#1179553)
  • Fixed a crash while trying to list a directory on SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 with seccomp mode enabled. (bsc#1181512)
  • Users can now enable a specific version of TLS protocol. (jsc#SLE-4182)

Add the options ssl_tlsv1_1 and ssl_tlsv1_2 to the configuration file. Both options are enabled. - Add pam_keyinit.so to PAM config file. (bsc#1144062) - Fix a memory error while trying to write to an invalid TLS context. (bsc#1125951) - Follow the system TLS cipher policy DEFAULT_SUSE by default.

Run the command openssl ciphers -v DEFAULT_SUSE to see which ciphers this includes.

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:

  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-1186=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1186=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1186=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-1186=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-1186=1

Package List:

  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.3-7.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.3-7.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.3-7.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.3-7.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-3.0.3-7.16.1
    • vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.3-7.16.1

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