Security update for supportutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4278-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that has 10 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • Passwords correctly removed from email.txt, updates.txt and fs-iscsi.txt (bsc#1203818)

Bug fixes:

  • Added lifecycle information
  • Fixed KVM virtualization detection on bare metal (bsc#1184689)
  • Added logging using journalctl (bsc#1200330)
  • Get current sar data before collecting files (bsc#1192648)
  • Collects everything in /etc/multipath/ (bsc#1192252)
  • Collects power management information in hardware.txt (bsc#1197428)
  • Checks for suseconnect-ng or SUSEConnect packages (bsc#1202337)
  • Fixed conf_files and conf_text_files so y2log is gathered (bsc#1202269)
  • Update to nvme_info and block_info (bsc#1202417)
  • Added includedir directories from /etc/sudoers (bsc#1188086)

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2022-4278=1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2022-4278=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-4278=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-4278=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-4278=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-4278=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-4278=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-4278=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-4278=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-4278=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.21-150300.7.35.15.1

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