SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1: moderate: Security update for autofs

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Tue Jun 9 08:05:54 MDT 2015


   SUSE Security Update: Security update for autofs
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #901448 #909472 #913376 #916203 #917977 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-8169
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes
   is now available.

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 Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-248=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-248=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      autofs-5.0.9-8.1
      autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
      autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      autofs-5.0.9-8.1
      autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
      autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8169.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901448
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/909472
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/913376
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/916203
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/917977



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