Recommended update for pam

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

Description:

This update for pam fixes the following issues:

• restricted the number of file descriptors to close to a more sensible number based upon resource limits (bsc#1116544)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1844=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1844=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1844=1
• SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:
  To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
  • pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debugsource-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-devel-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
  • pam-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debugsource-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x x86_64):
  • pam-32bit-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (noarch):
  • pam-doc-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
  • pam-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-32bit-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debugsource-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (noarch):
  • pam-doc-1.1.8-24.24.1
• SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64):
  • pam-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-24.24.1
  • pam-debugsource-1.1.8-24.24.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1116544