RHBA-2010:0933 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated NetworkManager packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and
connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It
manages Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and
provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, stopping the messagebus service (either manually, or

during a routine system shutdown) may have caused certain NetworkManager
components to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this
update, the underlying source code has been modified to target this issue, and
NetworkManager components now exit with 0 return code when the messagebus
service is stopped. (BZ#653345)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 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 - 653345 - nm-system-settings segv, when dbus is stopped

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)