autofs bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2009:1131-1
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2009-06-26
Last updated on:	2009-06-26
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated autofs package that fixes a bug which caused autofs to fail
occasionally when accessing an LDAP server while using SASL authentication
is now available.

The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon, which
automatically mounts, and then unmounts file systems after a period of
inactivity. File systems can include network file systems, CD-ROMs,
diskettes, and other media.

This updated autofs package fixes the following bug:

* when connecting to an LDAP server while using SASL authentication, autofs
occasionally failed with a segmentation fault, forcing users to restart the
autofs service. This failure was caused by a double-free error in the
cyrus-sasl module, which has been fixed in this updated package. Connecting
to an LDAP server while using SASL authentication now works as expected.
(BZ#504566)

All users of autofs 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`78a3af7da48bd57c83e5ddea08e109c2`

IA-32:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`7ec8f4dd7b0a07b9c331eaa2f69c7e79`

IA-64:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`e18652ca7ac15861c9f6a7e5fa5be735`

PPC:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`2520e6e6de02d421a8a48216e37ea99a`

s390x:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`f877715927580f454cb3d059f37efdbc`

x86_64:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`1bf33ebb435da83ca6a4cf759439b81c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`78a3af7da48bd57c83e5ddea08e109c2`

IA-32:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`7ec8f4dd7b0a07b9c331eaa2f69c7e79`

x86_64:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`1bf33ebb435da83ca6a4cf759439b81c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)

SRPMS:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1468	`78a3af7da48bd57c83e5ddea08e109c2`

IA-32:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	`7ec8f4dd7b0a07b9c331eaa2f69c7e79`

IA-64:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	`e18652ca7ac15861c9f6a7e5fa5be735`

PPC:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	`2520e6e6de02d421a8a48216e37ea99a`

s390x:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	`f877715927580f454cb3d059f37efdbc`

x86_64:
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	`1bf33ebb435da83ca6a4cf759439b81c`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

504566 - [5.3]automount aborts when automount accesses to ldap server.

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