Recommended update for sca-appliance-common, supportutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2603-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • 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 two features and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sca-appliance-common, supportutils fixes the following issues:

  • Adding ethtool options to the supportconfigt. (jsc#SLE-18239, jsc#SLE-18344)
  • Fixed and issue when 'lsof' causes performance problems. (bsc#1186687)
  • Exclude 'rhn.conf' from 'etc.txt' to prevent supportconfig capturing passwords in clear text. (bsc#1186347)
  • Fix 'analyzevmcore' to supports local directories. (bsc#1186397)
  • Fix for 'getappcore' checking for valid compression binary. (bsc#1185991)
  • Fixed 'getappcore' to prevent triggering errors with help message. (bsc#1185993)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-2603=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-2603=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-2603=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.17-5.34.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • sca-appliance-common-1.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.17-5.34.1

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