Security update for autofs

SUSE Security Update: Security update for autofs
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1
Rating: moderate
References: #901448 #909472 #913376 #916203 #917977
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available.

    Description:

    autofs was updated to fix one security issue.

    This security issue was fixed:
    - CVE-2014-8169: Prevent potential privilege escalation via interpreter
    load path for program-based automount maps (bnc#917977).

    These non-security issues were fixed:
    - Dont pass sloppy option for other than nfs mounts (bnc#901448,
    bnc#916203)
    - Fix insserv warning at postinstall (bnc#913376)
    - Fix autofs.service so that multiple options passed through sysconfig
    AUTOFS_OPTIONS work correctly (bnc#909472)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-248=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-248=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • autofs-5.0.9-8.1
      • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
      • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • autofs-5.0.9-8.1
      • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-8.1
      • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-8.1

    References: