SUSE-RU-2013:1734-1: moderate: Recommended update for mkinitrd

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mkinitrd
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:1734-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #835479 
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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:


   This update for mkinitrd fixes a bug in the option parsing
   code to not  accidentally match files in the current
   directory when an illegal option is  given.


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-mkinitrd-8409

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-8409

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mkinitrd-8409

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


Package List:

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

      mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.63.1

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

      mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.63.1

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

      mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.63.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/835479
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=4c26808bea7b664d6c571533acb92f95