SUSE-RU-2012:0564-1: important: Recommended update for parted

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for parted
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0564-1
Rating:             important
References:         #754278 #756019 #757225 #757433 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has four recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update for parted resolves the following issues:

   * On the s390x architecture, parted may crash with a
   segmentation fault because of an overflow in an error
   buffer (bnc#756019)
   * On servers that use the cciss SCSI controller, parted
   may fail to create partitions or to re-read the partition
   table (bnc#757225, bnc#757433, bnc#754278).


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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-parted-6156

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-parted-6156

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-parted-6156

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-parted-6156

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-devel-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      parted-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):

      parted-32bit-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-32bit-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      parted-x86-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      parted-2.3-10.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      parted-32bit-2.3-10.23.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/754278
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/756019
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/757225
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/757433
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5a286fbe663221e20281fde1b16ceb13