Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0947-1
Rating: moderate
References: #697103
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

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update to udev resolves the following issue:

    * Use secure version of getenv() in libudev
    (bnc#697103).

    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-libgudev-1_0-0-6600
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6600
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6600
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6600

    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):
    • libgudev-1_0-devel-147-0.63.1
    • libudev-devel-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-147-0.63.1
    • udev-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-147-0.63.1
    • udev-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-x86-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-x86-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-147-0.63.1
    • udev-147-0.63.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.63.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.63.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/697103
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f192af9c46f7db1011247a79f50a1862