Recommended update for autofs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for autofs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0124-1
Rating: moderate
References: #820585 #833733 #842622 #853469 #855883 #859969
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for AutoFS provides fixes for the following
    issues:

    * A segmentation fault caused by thread-unsafe
    initialization and clean-up of libldap. (bnc#820585,
    bnc#853469)
    * A segmentation fault caused by thread-unsafe usage of
    glibc's netconfig() functions. (bnc#842622, bnc#833733)
    * A race condition that could make automount quit after
    receiving a SIGHUP. (bnc#855883)
    * A deadlock when trying to lock a mutex that's already
    owned by the same thread. (bnc#859969)

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-autofs-8820
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-autofs-8820
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-autofs-8820

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.10.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.10.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.10.16.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/820585
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833733
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/842622
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/853469
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/855883
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/859969
    • http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=414a9fba6b9d24118a016074658c366c