Recommended update for iptables

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for iptables
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2910-1
Rating: low
References: #1045130
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for iptables provides the following fix:

    - Fix a locking issue of iptables-batch when other programs modify the
    iptables rules in parallel (bsc#1045130)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1802=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1802=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1802=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • iptables-debugsource-1.4.21-6.1
      • libipq-devel-1.4.21-6.1
      • libipq0-1.4.21-6.1
      • libipq0-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • libiptc-devel-1.4.21-6.1
      • libxtables-devel-1.4.21-6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • iptables-1.4.21-6.1
      • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • iptables-debugsource-1.4.21-6.1
      • libiptc0-1.4.21-6.1
      • libiptc0-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • libxtables10-1.4.21-6.1
      • libxtables10-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • xtables-plugins-1.4.21-6.1
      • xtables-plugins-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • iptables-1.4.21-6.1
      • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • iptables-debugsource-1.4.21-6.1
      • libiptc0-1.4.21-6.1
      • libiptc0-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • libxtables10-1.4.21-6.1
      • libxtables10-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1
      • xtables-plugins-1.4.21-6.1
      • xtables-plugins-debuginfo-1.4.21-6.1

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