SUSE-RU-2012:0796-1: important: Recommended update for sysvinit

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysvinit
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0796-1
Rating:             important
References:         #730193 #762489 
Affected Products:
                    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 two recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update fixes a buffer overflow when parsing
   /proc/self/mountinfo,  which could have caused
   checkproc/killproc/startproc to be aborted by  fortify
   checks unconditionally (bnc#762489).

   In addition, a deadlock condition in blogd on shutdown has
   been fixed  (bnc#730193)


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 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysvinit-6480

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysvinit-6480

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sysvinit-6480

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


Package List:

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

      sysvinit-2.86-213.1

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

      sysvinit-2.86-213.1

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

      sysvinit-2.86-213.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/730193
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762489
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0bb07f77e3f96d95d352f34139a477c9