Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0540 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-07-20
Updated:
2010-07-20

RHBA-2010:0540 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

ypserv bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The ypserv package contains the Network Information Service (NIS) server, a
system that provides network information (that is, login names, passwords, home
directories, and group information) to other machines in the network.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • due to an incorrect handling of pointers, using ypinit to build the S390x NIS

slave server against the Solaris 10 UltraSPARC NIS master resulted in the
following error:

  • ** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x00000200001a1000 ***

With this update, the slave server no longer stops responding when the invalid
pointer is freed, and ypinit builds a set of administrative system maps as
expected. (BZ#598924)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated ypserv package, which resolve this
issue.

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 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 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
x86_64
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d4b15d66c7ccc49f4302a3a995d703138c6ac4e71ed8429e1e739c032e7b03c0
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d4b15d66c7ccc49f4302a3a995d703138c6ac4e71ed8429e1e739c032e7b03c0
ia64
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e125c7bdb7728fc31c36984524e33276b69319f9e8ec1cdab8074a3b6d227d53
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e125c7bdb7728fc31c36984524e33276b69319f9e8ec1cdab8074a3b6d227d53
i386
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 59922489a5909b78560e06840b81b50161e07edf0f9ad951b64cbe81609a50a4
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 59922489a5909b78560e06840b81b50161e07edf0f9ad951b64cbe81609a50a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
x86_64
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d4b15d66c7ccc49f4302a3a995d703138c6ac4e71ed8429e1e739c032e7b03c0
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d4b15d66c7ccc49f4302a3a995d703138c6ac4e71ed8429e1e739c032e7b03c0
ia64
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e125c7bdb7728fc31c36984524e33276b69319f9e8ec1cdab8074a3b6d227d53
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e125c7bdb7728fc31c36984524e33276b69319f9e8ec1cdab8074a3b6d227d53
i386
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 59922489a5909b78560e06840b81b50161e07edf0f9ad951b64cbe81609a50a4
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 59922489a5909b78560e06840b81b50161e07edf0f9ad951b64cbe81609a50a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
s390x
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4f926567c29571f878e652b7496fe493bda8514d2a2f6c0e41eb2c448d6306f
s390
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: d7c34e50f1b76ae94796a055bbffe38484a4d3a1224a39f6a9ffdbf1bfc6d4ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
s390x
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4f926567c29571f878e652b7496fe493bda8514d2a2f6c0e41eb2c448d6306f
s390
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: d7c34e50f1b76ae94796a055bbffe38484a4d3a1224a39f6a9ffdbf1bfc6d4ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
ppc
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f76e57510c32040bd7cec04d2cf370fe2aa7c6ebb278a0d842f2eff2e9e3ae88

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: aa8184732214f213a9f78788053f11303a9876764c2e1d32168fcdb5202f03d7
ppc
ypserv-2.13-19.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f76e57510c32040bd7cec04d2cf370fe2aa7c6ebb278a0d842f2eff2e9e3ae88

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