SUSE-RU-2013:0329-1: Recommended update for audit

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for audit
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0329-1
Rating:             low
References:         #792713 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has one recommended fix can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   The set of tools for Kernel Auditing (audit) has been
   updated to version  1.8. The update brings many fixes and
   enhancements, including:

   * Add definitions for crypto events
   * Add tcp_wrappers configuration option to auditd
   * Add interpretations for epoll_ctl, lseek, and
   sigaction to libauparse
   * Add aulast, a program that prints a list of the last
   logged in users
   * Add system boot, shutdown, and run level change events
   * Add max_restarts to audispd.conf to limit plugin
   restarts
   * Add new kernel capability event record types
   * Add support in ausearch and aureport for TTY data
   * Add new aureport option for TTY keystroke report
   * Interpret TTY audit data in auparse
   * Allow aulastlog to read input from standard input
   * Allow ausearch and aureport to specify multiple node
   names
   * Allow auditd log rotation via SIGUSR1 when NOLOG log
   format option is enabled
   * Allow the keyword "any" for local_port in
   audisp-remote
   * Send AUDIT_RMW_TYPE_ENDING messages to clients when
   auditd shuts down
   * Fix ausearch and aureport to handle out of order
   events
   * Fix problem with negative UIDs in audit rules on
   32bit systems
   * Fix bug interpreting i386 logs on x86_64 machines
   * Fix uninitialized variable in aureport that could
   cause a segmentation fault
   * Improve performance of ausearch and aureport.

   The format of messages printed by the tools or logs
   generated might have  changed to improve readability or
   include more information. For a  comprehensive list of
   changes please refer to the package change log.


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 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-audit-18-7264

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-audit-18-7264

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-audit-18-7264

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-audit-18-7264

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-devel-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-audispd-plugins-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-audispd-plugins-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-libs-python-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-libs-x86-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-1.8-0.28.1
      audit-libs-1.8-0.28.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.8]:

      audit-libs-32bit-1.8-0.28.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/792713
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ef44c3798aa618ace55800923eca3069



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