Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0912 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-06-29
Updated:
2011-06-29

RHBA-2011:0912 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

ypbind bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated ypbind package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The ypbind package provides an NIS (Network Information Services) daemon which
binds NIS clients to an NIS domain.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Each NIS client can bind to different NIS servers, but can only be bound to

one server at a time. To maintain its connection to a server, an NIS client
checks connection to an active server every 20 seconds and once in a while tries
to find the fastest available server. Previously, clients searched for the
fastest server every minute, which sometimes caused heavy traffic and response
delays. With this update, clients search for the fastest server every 15
minutes, preventing this bug. (BZ#714028)

All users of ypbind are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 714028 - ypbind probes for the fastest server too often

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
ia64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b50b4f625f0ad6d030ef9dc8530588d71c7e91f105862341ef40bb90cd4d56a4
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
ia64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b50b4f625f0ad6d030ef9dc8530588d71c7e91f105862341ef40bb90cd4d56a4
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
ia64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b50b4f625f0ad6d030ef9dc8530588d71c7e91f105862341ef40bb90cd4d56a4
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
s390x
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f6bf2aec26b734ff7481bf0ee79059a445fdb74256a2eba594794ec2ff59871d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
s390x
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f6bf2aec26b734ff7481bf0ee79059a445fdb74256a2eba594794ec2ff59871d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
ppc
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 65f10b6a9479048360a7c313f3e9ee9207b1069d896ee0d86668976c7502dbd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
ppc
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 65f10b6a9479048360a7c313f3e9ee9207b1069d896ee0d86668976c7502dbd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6

SRPM
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: fccbcc3730f675dab0c64568a4856db16433de90e3ca6a5739a3e0a5d82de04a
x86_64
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd1416a7f5d418d8c5ef0eaea81ba43a2e48359fc4a15586262b951260842934
i386
ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5f3901a3e42b5ccdd44ae99d9857e1325aa04bd967ef71ba5091b75b60657be1

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