Recommended update for mlocate

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:3936-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mlocate fixes the following issues:

  • Set umask 0022 before running /usr/bin/updatedb to avoid permission denied error (bsc#1209409)
  • Avoid using "/bin/false" when running "updatedb" by passing "--shell=/bin/sh" to "su" (jsc#PED-1717)

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 Manager Proxy 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3936=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2023-3936=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-3936=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-150100.7.6.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (noarch)
    • mlocate-lang-0.26-150100.7.6.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-150100.7.6.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (noarch)
    • mlocate-lang-0.26-150100.7.6.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-0.26-150100.7.6.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-150100.7.6.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (noarch)
    • mlocate-lang-0.26-150100.7.6.1

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