Recommended update for mono-core

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mono-core
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0563-2
Rating: important
References: #871362
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS

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

    Description:


    This update adds handling of SHA256 hashes to parts of the
    X509 Certificate classes in the C# implementation of Mono.

    Recently released new root certificates using SHA256
    hashing triggered a uncaught exception within mono that
    lead to termination of the zmd.exe process, or other users
    of the X509Store C# class.

    Special Instructions and Notes:

    Please reboot the system after installing this update.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
    • mono-core-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-firebird-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-oracle-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-postgresql-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-sqlite-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-data-sybase-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-locale-extras-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-nunit-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-web-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • mono-winforms-1.2.2-12.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
    • mono-core-32bit-1.2.2-12.36.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/871362
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d408082d932818896cfec54b3b302f1f