Opensuse
Discover to which package a file belongs to
With the right Linux software tools, it is easy to find to which package a file belongs. Or the opposite, what files are part of an installed package.
Summary
Discover quickly which file(s) and package are matched together.
Audit SuSE with zypper: vulnerable packages
Stay up-to-date with security patching is part of a decent security management process. This article looks into vulnerable packages on OpenSuSE.
Summary
Proper software management is an important part in keeping your system secured. Acting on time is important, especially when network services have discovered security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable packages
Usually packages with known security vulnerabilities, get priority and updates are soon available. The risk in installing these packages is fairly low, as they don’t introduce new features. Instead, they fix the related security hole, which sometimes is nothing more than 1 single character!