SUSE-RU-2016:0014-1: moderate: Recommended update for shim

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for shim
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2016:0014-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #919675 #920515 #945178 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   The shim bootloader for UEFI secure boot support was updated to the
   unified version 0.9 between SUSE Linux Enterprise versions (same as SUSE
   Linux Enterprise 12 SP1). (FATE#318904)

   This also fixes two bugs:

   * RSOD comes when you enter and exit from grub commandline (bsc#919675)
   * StrCpy() could crash fallback.efi due to the under-allocated buffer
     (bsc#920515)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended 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-12-2016-6=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-6=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):

      shim-0.9-15.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      shim-0.9-15.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/919675
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/920515
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/945178



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