Recommended update for PolicyKit

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for PolicyKit
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1597-1
Rating: moderate
References: #644966 #783176
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 two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update adjusts the PolicyKit apparmor profiles to
    allow group and other nameservice based lookups for
    determining rights.

    Contraindications:

    None

    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-PolicyKit-6999
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-PolicyKit-6999
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-PolicyKit-6999
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-PolicyKit-6999

    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):
    • PolicyKit-devel-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-32bit-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-32bit-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • PolicyKit-x86-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-0.9-14.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • PolicyKit-32bit-0.9-14.41.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/644966
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/783176
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f5b09167bb672e5af46240c423ad4f50