RHBA-2011:1050 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libtdb packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The libtdb library implements the small Trivial Database (TDB).

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the built-in logic in TDB for automatic resizing did not

allow for databases with very large records. Due to this issue, the database
allocated far more memory than required when a large record was entered into the
database, which forced a resize. With this update, the size of the records are
taken into consideration when resizing the database. Now, only the required
amount of memory is allocated. (BZ#693785)

All users of libtdb are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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 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 IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• 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 - 693785 - SSSD consumes GBs of RAM, possible memory leak

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)