A libzypp, zypper security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:0059-1: moderate: Security update for libzypp, zypper

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libzypp, zypper
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0059-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1050625 #1174016 #1177238 #1177275 #1177427
#1177583 #1178910 #1178966 #1179083 #1179222
#1179415 #1179909
Cross-References: CVE-2017-9271
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has 11 fixes is
now available.

Description:

This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

Update zypper to version 1.14.41

Update libzypp to 17.25.4

- CVE-2017-9271: Fixed information leak in the log file (bsc#1050625
bsc#1177583)
- RepoManager: Force refresh if repo url has changed (bsc#1174016)
- RepoManager: Carefully tidy up the caches. Remove non-directory entries.
(bsc#1178966)
- RepoInfo: ignore legacy type= in a .repo file and let RepoManager probe
(bsc#1177427).
- RpmDb: If no database exists use the _dbpath configured in rpm. Still
makes sure a compat symlink at /var/lib/rpm exists in case the
configures _dbpath is elsewhere. (bsc#1178910)
- Fixed update of gpg keys with elongated expire date (bsc#179222)
- needreboot: remove udev from the list (bsc#1179083)
- Fix lsof monitoring (bsc#1179909)

yast-installation was updated to 4.2.48:

- Do not cleanup the libzypp cache when the system has low memory,
incomplete cache confuses libzypp later (bsc#1179415)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-59=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libzypp-17.25.5-lp152.2.16.1
libzypp-debuginfo-17.25.5-lp152.2.16.1
libzypp-debugsource-17.25.5-lp152.2.16.1
libzypp-devel-17.25.5-lp152.2.16.1
libzypp-devel-doc-17.25.5-lp152.2.16.1
zypper-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1
zypper-debuginfo-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1
zypper-debugsource-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

yast2-installation-4.2.48-lp152.2.12.1
zypper-aptitude-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1
zypper-log-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1
zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.41-lp152.2.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9271.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050625
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174016
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177238
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177275
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177427
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177583
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178910
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178966
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179083
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179222
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179415
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179909