RHBA-2009:0068 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mod_perl packages that fix various bugs and adds enhancements are
now available.

Description

mod_perl provides an embedded Perl interpreter for the Apache HTTP Server.

With this update mod_perl has been re-based from version 2.0.2 to version
2.0.4, the latest upstream release. This update applies several updates,
which include a bug fix that now allows mod_perl to work properly with
Bugzilla 3.0.

For details regarding this and the many other fixes and enhancements see
the CHANGES file in usr/share/doc/mod_perl-2.0.4/.

All Bugzilla 3.0 and mod_perl users should upgrade to these updated
package, which resolve these issues.

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 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 - 274181 - RHEL5 ships with mod_perl/Apache combination that doesn't work with Bugzilla (a mod_perl bug)

CVEs

(none)

References

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