Bug Fix Advisory netdump bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0486-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated netdump package that fixes a bug is now available.

The netdump server listens to the network for crashed kernels to contact it
and then writes the oops log and a memory dump to /var/crash before asking
the crashed machine to reboot.

* netdump-server was hard-coded to use port 6666 when replying to Netdump
clients. If a Netdump client was configured to use any other port (via the
LOCALPORT parameter in "/etc/sysconfig/netdump"), the initial handshake
between client and server failed and no crash information was passed from
the client to the server. With this update, netdump-server honours custom
LOCALPORT configurations on the client. Note: if there is no LOCALPORT
value in "/etc/sysconfig/netdump", the client and server still default to
port 6666.

All Netdump users should update to this updated package which fixes the
above bug.


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 Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netdump-0.7.16-15.src.rpm     22a59382ffe0b00cc3ecd87477355608
 
IA-32:
netdump-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     74754eabb95eed10e08220a7dabd6c66
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     1e6cc1f4eaf8d4c771568989e42b3db8
 
x86_64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     1f438efca42a500640fe27571d814ed4
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     5366129c428031258f4023d1205ca39b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netdump-0.7.16-15.src.rpm     22a59382ffe0b00cc3ecd87477355608
 
IA-32:
netdump-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     74754eabb95eed10e08220a7dabd6c66
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     1e6cc1f4eaf8d4c771568989e42b3db8
 
IA-64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     3b6824095b070510cc40d1d3d66038db
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     a475e5e286290a7ffb55d26748bef867
 
PPC:
netdump-0.7.16-15.ppc.rpm     db31626ac466b009913c0dc33b583dfa
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.ppc.rpm     e123e9422fade17ba55a0ede73241083
 
s390:
netdump-0.7.16-15.s390.rpm     2a657a8620d3398f6ac3fc15c507affb
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.s390.rpm     c197e076e116ea2f434ee3a787933af3
 
s390x:
netdump-0.7.16-15.s390x.rpm     c9d10fd12c787054a52c4d3acfdbccd5
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.s390x.rpm     e9a137c2d0465c27ba31d9d14807c972
 
x86_64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     1f438efca42a500640fe27571d814ed4
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     5366129c428031258f4023d1205ca39b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netdump-0.7.16-15.src.rpm     22a59382ffe0b00cc3ecd87477355608
 
IA-32:
netdump-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     74754eabb95eed10e08220a7dabd6c66
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     1e6cc1f4eaf8d4c771568989e42b3db8
 
IA-64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     3b6824095b070510cc40d1d3d66038db
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     a475e5e286290a7ffb55d26748bef867
 
x86_64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     1f438efca42a500640fe27571d814ed4
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     5366129c428031258f4023d1205ca39b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netdump-0.7.16-15.src.rpm     22a59382ffe0b00cc3ecd87477355608
 
IA-32:
netdump-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     74754eabb95eed10e08220a7dabd6c66
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.i386.rpm     1e6cc1f4eaf8d4c771568989e42b3db8
 
IA-64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     3b6824095b070510cc40d1d3d66038db
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.ia64.rpm     a475e5e286290a7ffb55d26748bef867
 
x86_64:
netdump-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     1f438efca42a500640fe27571d814ed4
netdump-server-0.7.16-15.x86_64.rpm     5366129c428031258f4023d1205ca39b
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

454703 - netdump uses hard-coded remote port for server



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