SUSE-RU-2021:4204-1: moderate: Recommended update for pptp

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for pptp
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2021:4204-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1131960 #1191717 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2
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   An update that has two recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update for pptp fixes the following issues:
   - Fix issue when connecting to Microtic routers (bsc#1191717)
   - Remove UID related output from routing because not needed and prompts
     error (bsc#1131960)
   - Prevent pptpsetup creating world-readable peers file
   - Allow setting up passwords with quotes and trailing spaces
   - Fix tunnel file generation to make sure it can be used by a non-root user
   - Fix a memory leak in pqueue
   - Fix read and writes beyond allocated memory
   - Fix Use-After-Free in call close request handler
   - Allow missing window value to be specified in command line instead of
     being hardcoded
   - Randomise call-id to allow connecting with simultaneous pptp sessions
   - Fix file descriptor in call to ttyname. Resulting error was a common
     message: "pptp: GRE-to-PPP gateway on (null)"


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP3-2021-4204=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2021-4204=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3 (x86_64):

      pptp-1.10.0-3.3.1
      pptp-debuginfo-1.10.0-3.3.1
      pptp-debugsource-1.10.0-3.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2 (x86_64):

      pptp-1.10.0-3.3.1
      pptp-debuginfo-1.10.0-3.3.1
      pptp-debugsource-1.10.0-3.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1131960
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191717