SUSE-RU-2012:1366-1: moderate: Recommended update for autofs

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for autofs
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1366-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #774241 #777709 #778537 #779114 #780990 #784288 
                    
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 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This consolidated update for autofs provides an enhancement
   to support  individual timeouts for each direct map present
   in the master map.

   In addition, the following fixes are added:

   * fix submount shutdown race
   * fix locking problems in the master source mutex that
   could cause deadlocks
   * fix lookup for keys in an included multi-mount map
   * fix buffer initialization in the master map parser
   * fix an use after free mistake in
   lookup_prune_one_cache() that could cause a segmentation
   fault


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-autofs-6936

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-autofs-6936

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-autofs-6936

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


Package List:

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

      autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1

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

      autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1

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

      autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/774241
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777709
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/778537
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779114
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/780990
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/784288
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f5d4932a0dfed46f381ce5f06579eb64