RHBA-2011:1587 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated libvirt-cim package that fixes one bug and adds two enhancements is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libvirt-cim package contains a Common Information Model (CIM) provider based
on Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI). It supports most libvirt
virtualization features and allows management of multiple libvirt-based
platforms.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, libvirt-cim contained several defects for null

variables. As a result, using null variables did not work as expected. This
update resolves these defects and now null variables work as expected.
(BZ#728245)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, libvirt-cim supports libvirt networking Access Control Lists

(ACL). (BZ#633337)

• This update aprovides read-only access to ensure that the remote CIM access

cannot modify the system state. This is useful when CIM is used only for
monitoring and other software is used for virtualization management. (BZ#712257)

All libvirt-cim users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes this bug and adds these enhancements.

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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 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 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 (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 - 712257 - RFE: Provide read-only mode for accessing libvirt-cim
• BZ - 728245 - Coverity scan revealed defects

CVEs

(none)

References

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