Issued:
2009-06-26
Updated:
2009-06-26

RHBA-2009:1131 - 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 which caused autofs to fail
occasionally when accessing an LDAP server while using SASL authentication
is now available.

Description

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

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

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

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
x86_64
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57fb67dd6bc3d703caccf8d712d69c47a0f2011a03ae7ae3edb0a1b938315de7
ia64
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 61e179d59d99cec0037be6fed50011978b0dd6494442fbb5ce329ae62938a17f
i386
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38babd56014c819eed191526529f41931b37af08f0e0049bba0a806e02dd6bfa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
x86_64
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57fb67dd6bc3d703caccf8d712d69c47a0f2011a03ae7ae3edb0a1b938315de7
i386
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38babd56014c819eed191526529f41931b37af08f0e0049bba0a806e02dd6bfa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
x86_64
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57fb67dd6bc3d703caccf8d712d69c47a0f2011a03ae7ae3edb0a1b938315de7
i386
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38babd56014c819eed191526529f41931b37af08f0e0049bba0a806e02dd6bfa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
s390x
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 897fe87548e7e4e14b3431c0f3a74170fef9f108309cc28bde2bb77858613f17

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
ppc
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 917457ee265e53f6684a3b242448c9dbf31e87254d60add4e0986eb9fff1ac66

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 59d8f22d633a8fe81d10f263bd781d52ce2aec3a41635fc59cd5f0940023a41e
x86_64
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57fb67dd6bc3d703caccf8d712d69c47a0f2011a03ae7ae3edb0a1b938315de7
i386
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38babd56014c819eed191526529f41931b37af08f0e0049bba0a806e02dd6bfa

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