RHBA-2012:0558 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The openais package contains the openais executable, OpenAIS service handlers,
default configuration files and an init script. The OpenAIS Standards Based
Cluster Framework is an OSI-certified implementation of the Service Availability
Forum AIS. The Application Interface Specification (AIS) is an API and a set of
policies for developing applications that maintain services during failures.

This update fixes the following bug:

• OpenIAS previously performed the incorrect test of the message ID range in the

update_aru() function. This could cause OpenAIS to fail to receive multicast
packet transmissions with the "FAILED TO RECEIVE" error message. This update
removes the incorrect test so that OpenAIS no longer fails in this scenario, and
proper checks of the message ID range are performed using the fail_to_recv_const
constant. (BZ#812302)

All users of openais 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - 812302 - A rare condition can lead to fail to recv

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)