RHBA-2010:0284 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated nfs-utils package that fixes two bugs is now available.

Description

The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS (Network File
System) server and related tools, which provides better performance than
the traditional Linux NFS server. This package also contains the mount.nfs,
umount.nfs and showmount programs. Showmount queries the mount daemon on a
remote host for information about the NFS server on the remote host. For
example, showmount can display the clients which are mounted on that host.

This update addresses the following bugs:

• nfsnobody == 4294967294 causes idmapd to stop responding. (BZ#523285)
• inconsistent default anonuid/anongid values. (BZ#497551)

All nfs-utils users should install this updated package, which addresses
these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 - 497551 - Inconsistent default anonuid/anongid values.
• BZ - 523285 - nfsnobody == 4294967294 causes idmapd to stop responding

CVEs

(none)

References

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