RHBA-2011:0563 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openwsman packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise 6.

Description

OpenWSMan provides an open-source implementation of the Web Services Management
specification (WS-Management) and exposes system management information on the
Linux operating system with the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based
on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that exposes a
set of operations focused on and covers all system management aspects.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, certain init script return values were incorrect. This update

resolves these errors in the code. Now, all return values are correct.
(BZ#613031)

• Previously, the wsman-xml.h, wsman-xml-binding.h and wsman-dispatcher.h header

files were missing. With this update, these headers are provided by the
libwsman-devel package. (BZ#615922)

• Previously, the init script did not print an error message if the SSL

certificate and the private key were not found. This update checks whether a
certificate exists. Now, OpenWSMan closes and prints a message to manually
generate a certificate if no certificate was found. (BZ#617549)

• Previously, OpenWSMan aborted unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when it

was started with a debug flag due to a null pointer dereference. This update
checks the pointer value. Now, the pointer is no longer dereferenced when its
value is null and OpenWSMan runs as expected. (BZ#622793)

• Previously, OpenWSMan aborted unexpectedly when it was configured in

cooperation with Small Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb) and sfcb was stopped. This
update corrects this error in the code. Now, the OpenWSMan configuration with
sfcb works as expected. (BZ#625160)

• Previously, the init script was wrongly placed in the /etc/init.d directory.

This update corrects this error. Now, the init script is correctly placed in the
/etc/rc.d/init.d. directory. (BZ#626773)

All OpenWSMan users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 613031 - initscript: guideline compliance
• BZ - 615922 - Missing openwsman headers in libwsman-devel
• BZ - 617549 - openwsman init script fails to create certificate
• BZ - 626773 - Initscript is placed in wrong directory

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)