SUSE-RU-2016:2718-1: moderate: Recommended update for shim

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for shim
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2016:2718-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #919675 #920515 #945178 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
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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 command line (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 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-shim-09-12832=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (x86_64):

      shim-0.9-11.7


References:

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



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