RHBA-2011:0619 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated abrt packages that resolve several issues are now available.

Description

The abrt package provides the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool.

These updated abrt packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the ABRT GUI did not warn the user when it could not

connect to the Gnome keyring daemon (that is, could not save any of the user's
settings). With this update, a warning message is displayed in such a case.
(BZ#576866)

• The previous version of ABRT did not properly restore the core_pattern

parameter (which is used to specify a coredump file pattern name) if it was too
long. This update restores the core_pattern parameter to its previous value when
the abrt daemon is stopped. (BZ#614486)

• If the TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED flag, which detecs hardware not officially

supported by Red Hat, is set (in the /proc/sys/kernel/taint file), ABRT
indicates that the flag is set in the created crash report. (BZ#623142)

• The abrt-addon-ccpp plugin crashed due to a segmentation fault if the

/proc/[PID]/ directory did not exist. With this update, ABRT no longer crashes
in case the /proc/[PID]/ directory does not exist. (BZ#649309)

• The abrt package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.1.16, which provides

a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#650975)

• Content from various files in the /var/log/ directory is now included in the

creation of an sosreport (which is created via the abrt-plugin-sosreport
plugin). (BZ#665405)

• Prior to this update, the "Help" button in the ABRT GUI displayed the "About"

window. With this update, a proper help page is displayed. (BZ#666267)

• Occasionally, ABRT did not send an attached core dump file along with a crash

report. This was due to the large size of the core dump file which was
consequently rejected by the server which was receiving the crash report. With
this update, attachments and their sizes are listed in the crash report, making
it easier to detect any problems caused by the large size of the attachments.
(BZ#668875)

• Previously, ABRT was using "Strata-Message:" headers in server responses.

However, servers no longer use these headers. With this update, the
aforementioned headers are no longer used by ABRT. (BZ#670492)

• By default, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, ABRT did not enable any reporters,

causing environments which do not run an X server to not be notified of any
crashes ABRT detected. With this update, the mailx plugin is enabled as the
default reporter for every crash and the root user is now notified of any
crashes via the root@localhost mailbox. (BZ#678724)

• The duplicate hash of a crash was computed from the package NVR (Name,

Version, Release), path of the executable and the backtrace hash. This caused
the hash to be different for the same bug which occurred in two versions of the
same package. With this update, the component name and the backtrace hash are
used when computing the duplicate hash. (BZ#694410)

All users of abrt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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
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 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• 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 Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• 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 - 614486 - kernel.core_pattern in /etc/sysctl.conf not getting set at boot
• BZ - 649309 - abrt-hook-ccpp[4602]: segfault at 0 error 4 in libc-2.12.so[7fed510df000+175000]
• BZ - 650975 - Rebase to the latest upstream
• BZ - 665405 - ABRT's usage of sos does not grab /var/log/messages
• BZ - 666267 - Missing "help" in ABRT
• BZ - 668875 - ABRT is not bringing crash report in some cases
• BZ - 670492 - ABRT is consuming non-standard header
• BZ - 678724 - without GUI, abrt doesn't notify users by default
• BZ - 694410 - Duplication hash should not be computed from package NVR and executable

CVEs

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References

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