Recommended update for sysvinit
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysvinit
This update fixes a buffer overflow when parsing
/proc/self/mountinfo, which could have caused
checkproc/killproc/startproc to be aborted by fortify
checks unconditionally (bnc#762489).
In addition, a deadlock condition in blogd on shutdown has
been fixed (bnc#730193)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/730193
https://bugzilla.novell.com/762489
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0bb07f77e3f96d95d352f34139a477c9
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2012:0796-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #730193 #762489 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update fixes a buffer overflow when parsing
/proc/self/mountinfo, which could have caused
checkproc/killproc/startproc to be aborted by fortify
checks unconditionally (bnc#762489).
In addition, a deadlock condition in blogd on shutdown has
been fixed (bnc#730193)
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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysvinit-6480 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysvinit-6480 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sysvinit-6480
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- sysvinit-2.86-213.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- sysvinit-2.86-213.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- sysvinit-2.86-213.1