- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHBA-2008:0920 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
mlocate bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated mlocate package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of all
existing files and allows users to search for files by name.
This updated package fixes a bug which caused mlocate to become
unresponsive.
The "updatedb" component of mlocate scans available file systems for
filenames and adds them to a database. It is possible to exclude file
systems from this scan using the PRUNEFS parameter in the
/etc/updatedb.conf configuration file or with the related command-line
argument.
In the previous release, updatedb unnecessarily checked the status of these
excluded files systems. If updatedb checked the status of an unresponsive
file system (such as an inaccessible NFS server), updatedb itself became
unresponsive.
With this update, updatedb only checks the status of file systems when such
checks are required.
All users of mlocate 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 237120 - updatedb accesses excluded filesystems (risk of hang against broken NFS)
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
x86_64 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fce01d75ef6ef80d69df1f0ca60d3e024c694ead2b3ee274e9c4f202f50ddd5f |
ia64 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4df7fc8d95409dfd4686c092c1f26807585c7bcf3f589562ed6bf8f7b8ceac76 |
i386 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0485529541bb936101ce8411d3fd3b57de2b618ee62c256f31a6b48b61e527bf |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
x86_64 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fce01d75ef6ef80d69df1f0ca60d3e024c694ead2b3ee274e9c4f202f50ddd5f |
i386 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0485529541bb936101ce8411d3fd3b57de2b618ee62c256f31a6b48b61e527bf |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
x86_64 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fce01d75ef6ef80d69df1f0ca60d3e024c694ead2b3ee274e9c4f202f50ddd5f |
i386 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0485529541bb936101ce8411d3fd3b57de2b618ee62c256f31a6b48b61e527bf |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
s390x | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e7fe120ad6dc03051c87b3b7244b3e165096b0f11a21a3a732bcd3765974b7ab |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
ppc | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 04b19e7d09ecbe0ef41489ecc2047a23ca113f404a76abfb8ef69ed6ee82ee5b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f35cdfa5887badde901f8ce7482679a8e4566fe5de2690df07e7e6bb38ee54b |
x86_64 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fce01d75ef6ef80d69df1f0ca60d3e024c694ead2b3ee274e9c4f202f50ddd5f |
i386 | |
mlocate-0.15-1.el5.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0485529541bb936101ce8411d3fd3b57de2b618ee62c256f31a6b48b61e527bf |
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