Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2008:1015 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2008-12-22
Updated:
2008-12-22

RHBA-2008:1015 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

autofs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The
automount daemon automatically mounts file systems when you use them, and
unmounts them when they are not busy.

This updated autofs package fixes a bug which caused a segmentation fault
in autofs when it checked map entries with multiple servers for which none
were available. This was due to a NULL pointer dereference that has been
fixed in this updated package, thus resolving the issue.

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 469007 - [CRM#1837798] automount NULL pointer dereference segmentation fault

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
x86_64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
ia64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 100de9409f16d9fe23193ae5488e9a186f0adaa9f33f51020c54a2f21be9c353
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 100de9409f16d9fe23193ae5488e9a186f0adaa9f33f51020c54a2f21be9c353
i386
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
x86_64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
ia64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 100de9409f16d9fe23193ae5488e9a186f0adaa9f33f51020c54a2f21be9c353
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 100de9409f16d9fe23193ae5488e9a186f0adaa9f33f51020c54a2f21be9c353
i386
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
x86_64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
ia64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 100de9409f16d9fe23193ae5488e9a186f0adaa9f33f51020c54a2f21be9c353
i386
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
x86_64
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cf3131c19006c32e959c4bd05c58e323aef811f4c9eda9ce7be1b4dda933456
i386
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 232061800d40dc787ac6bb42e6a8a02b85638b992e58d612be188d330b0cb906

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
s390x
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 813aee337a304772d73e0f9fda075b2ed5b2840b59835185335d064c0f373fb1
s390
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: a31d8434d63e6fec5a9a736b4e42fbbbd100afbba4a08c895abf6e46d6655367

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
s390x
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 813aee337a304772d73e0f9fda075b2ed5b2840b59835185335d064c0f373fb1
s390
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: a31d8434d63e6fec5a9a736b4e42fbbbd100afbba4a08c895abf6e46d6655367

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
ppc
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ffa13b7a072b75612b59066f1e0fc61298ec386c36396f8a78d57d90752bd6f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 546a886a835db400c5da895d8eaf80244f3996e800c42030a2ae4052f710b4b8
ppc
autofs-4.1.3-234.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ffa13b7a072b75612b59066f1e0fc61298ec386c36396f8a78d57d90752bd6f0

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