Recommended update for pptp

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:4204-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pptp fixes the following issues: - Fix issue when connecting to Microtic routers (bsc#1191717) - Remove UID related output from routing because not needed and prompts error (bsc#1131960) - Prevent pptpsetup creating world-readable peers file - Allow setting up passwords with quotes and trailing spaces - Fix tunnel file generation to make sure it can be used by a non-root user - Fix a memory leak in pqueue - Fix read and writes beyond allocated memory - Fix Use-After-Free in call close request handler - Allow missing window value to be specified in command line instead of being hardcoded - Randomise call-id to allow connecting with simultaneous pptp sessions - Fix file descriptor in call to ttyname. Resulting error was a common message: "pptp: GRE-to-PPP gateway on (null)"

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 Workstation Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2021-4204=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP3-2021-4204=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • pptp-debugsource-1.10.0-3.3.1
    • pptp-1.10.0-3.3.1
    • pptp-debuginfo-1.10.0-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 (x86_64)
    • pptp-debugsource-1.10.0-3.3.1
    • pptp-1.10.0-3.3.1
    • pptp-debuginfo-1.10.0-3.3.1

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