An aaa_base security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:3899-1: moderate: Security update for aaa_base

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for aaa_base
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3899-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1162581 #1174504 #1191563 #1192248
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for aaa_base fixes the following issues:

- Allowed ping and ICMP commands without CAP_NET_RAW (bsc#1174504).
- Add $HOME/.local/bin to PATH, if it exists (bsc#1192248).
- Fixed get_kernel_version.c to work also for recent kernels on the s390/X
platform (bsc#1191563).
- Support xz compressed kernel (bsc#1162581)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security 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 openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3899=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1
aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1
aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1
aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1
aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1
aaa_base-wsl-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1

References:

  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162581
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174504
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191563
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192248