RHBA-2012:0167 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated cman package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Cluster Manager (cman) utility provides user-level services for managing a
Linux cluster.

This updated cman package includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/cman.html#RHBA-2012-0167

All users of cman are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which provides
numerous bug fixes and 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 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 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 - 590101 - cman service engine segfaults in unbind_con (no symbols)
• BZ - 689851 - /sbin/fence_bladecenter --missing_as_off reboot action fails on missing blade
• BZ - 715107 - fence_vmware_soap -o list doesn't expose proper virtual machine path for fencing.
• BZ - 718194 - Dell Drac CMC is not working correctly as fence device
• BZ - 739966 - FENCED_OPTS doesn't work as expected due to wrong shell escaping
• BZ - 746599 - cman debuginfo package does not contain all symbols

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/cman.html#RHBA-2012-0167