Bug Fix Advisory am-utils bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0518-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-06-05
Last updated on: 2008-06-05
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated am-utils package that fixes a bug is now available.

The am-utils package provides the BSD automounter, Amd, which maintains a
cache of mounted file systems. File systems are mounted when they are first
referenced by a user, and unmounted after a period of inactivity.

The Amd daemon opened a new socket each time it performed an LDAP query.
These sockets were never closed, eventually leading to a segmentation
fault.

Users of am-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.src.rpm     b160e89f5940d361e4fbbc0d4863ed8e
 
IA-32:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.i386.rpm     30581771913bfc79e0a64663e952fc7f
 
IA-64:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.ia64.rpm     5529c42de0b3f87fa714c9a30780bedf
 
PPC:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.ppc.rpm     22530fb11423bc0df5446d47c586771a
 
s390:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.s390.rpm     0286c45ac847fee72b52a4494e126449
 
s390x:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.s390x.rpm     ca8f775226c7554f2c198569e0a20e54
 
x86_64:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.x86_64.rpm     82befb7be24c7bb5029720fca7eeab81
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.src.rpm     b160e89f5940d361e4fbbc0d4863ed8e
 
IA-32:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.i386.rpm     30581771913bfc79e0a64663e952fc7f
 
IA-64:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.ia64.rpm     5529c42de0b3f87fa714c9a30780bedf
 
x86_64:
am-utils-6.0.9-15.el4_5.1.x86_64.rpm     82befb7be24c7bb5029720fca7eeab81
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

385491 - RHEL4 am-utils not stable against a LDAP backend


Keywords

amd, ldap


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