- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1344 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
initscripts bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated initscripts package that fixes several bugs is now available.
Description
The initscripts package contains system scripts to boot your system, change
runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut the
system down cleanly.
For a detailed documentation on the bugfixes applied by this update,
refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes. A link to
the section for this initscripts update is in the "References" below.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves 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/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 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 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 - 251494 - Cannot use IPsec tools with ESP or AH only
- BZ - 437949 - [PATCH]: DHCPV6C should allow passing arguments to DHCPV6C
- BZ - 440658 - rc.d/init.d/functions:status() should consider pid files before pidof
- BZ - 463014 - [PATCH] Fix for problem with bridged bonding interfaces
- BZ - 463325 - [PATCH] Cleanup problems with ifdown-eth network script
- BZ - 472480 - sysconfig.txt doesn't explain BONDING_OPTS
- BZ - 475006 - shutdown ignores requested halt action
- BZ - 475721 - [RHEL5.3] Alias ctc and iucv interfaces doesn't work , devices not able to group on-boot
- BZ - 475770 - Stateless boot does not work when /var is in separate partition
- BZ - 480627 - initscripts fail to activate MD on iSCSI
- BZ - 481002 - /etc/init/network sets result code to 0 even when the service fails
- BZ - 481557 - ifdown of vlan iface which is a bridge member, does not take vlan iface down
- BZ - 481733 - missing routing for ipsec in tunnel mode when tunneled network is on vlan interface (wrong device initialization sequence)
- BZ - 481794 - Service netfs stop will also stop machine from exporting nfs shares
- BZ - 483711 - [RHEL5] [PATCH] Cleanup arp_ip_target with ifdown-eth network script for avoiding write error message
- BZ - 487718 - oVirt node reassigns network devices despite persistance
- BZ - 494963 - rc.sysinit does not exclude gfs2 from mounting
- BZ - 495053 - ifup script not set correctly vlan_name_type
- BZ - 505600 - rc.sysinit needs addition to /var cleanup to accommodate new libvirt /var/run layout
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 835c4555b1ad4594bb23e18dff668b6898ff82ecd145c225aff139279eaad0c3 |
ia64 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6ec475f9492c8c231b8b702178ed6b1dbc6299a9abe0d6d58df469bc24976f3d |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8264ee3699e193fc31574fe5a833d02012425c9a476f983148c2e5b83fa96748 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 835c4555b1ad4594bb23e18dff668b6898ff82ecd145c225aff139279eaad0c3 |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8264ee3699e193fc31574fe5a833d02012425c9a476f983148c2e5b83fa96748 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 835c4555b1ad4594bb23e18dff668b6898ff82ecd145c225aff139279eaad0c3 |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8264ee3699e193fc31574fe5a833d02012425c9a476f983148c2e5b83fa96748 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
s390x | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b942f411996eed46491a2e737aa576f620bda11c766b969413cee991a7b789ee |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
ppc | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 873f1186d328769654a7c9d6084774b664e58e7fbf2a7c25dc21bb5a040c017e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d7d3f6bc916e0006f265a76d05a43b8524ab6e0f75aded295cd038fb1fe712c7 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 835c4555b1ad4594bb23e18dff668b6898ff82ecd145c225aff139279eaad0c3 |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8264ee3699e193fc31574fe5a833d02012425c9a476f983148c2e5b83fa96748 |
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