Recommended update for gdm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1928-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdm fixes the following issues:

  • Limit potentially expensive name lookups to avoid lengthy timeouts. (bsc#1086600)
  • Fix a problem that was causing _gdm_address_debug to always return NULL.

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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-gdm-13692=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-gdm-13692=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • gdm-lang-2.24.0-24.103.3.1
    • gdm-branding-upstream-2.24.0-24.103.3.1
    • gdm-2.24.0-24.103.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • gdm-lang-2.24.0-24.103.3.1
    • gdm-branding-upstream-2.24.0-24.103.3.1
    • gdm-2.24.0-24.103.3.1

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