Security update for autofs

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

autofs was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2014-8169: Prevent potential privilege escalation via interpreter load path for program-based automount maps (bnc#917977).

These non-security issues were fixed: - Dont pass sloppy option for other than nfs mounts (bnc#901448, bnc#916203) - Fix insserv warning at postinstall (bnc#913376) - Fix autofs.service so that multiple options passed through sysconfig AUTOFS_OPTIONS work correctly (bnc#909472)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-248=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-248=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-248=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-5.0.9-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-5.0.9-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1
    • autofs-5.0.9-8.1

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