Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0943 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fence-agents packages that fix various bugs and add an enhancement are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fence-agents package contains a collection of scripts to handle remote power
management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable cluster nodes
to be forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.

These updated fence-agents packages include numerous bug fixes and an
enhancement. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for
information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/fence-agents.html#RHBA-2012-0943

Users of fence-agents are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 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 Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 714841 - fence_<agent> metadata behaviour and docs
  • BZ - 741339 - fence_scsi: fence_scsi.dev file gets unlinked on each unfence operation
  • BZ - 771936 - Possible buffer overflow, null-dereference defects (fence-agents)
  • BZ - 785091 - fence_apc caught KeyError: '-p'
  • BZ - 787706 - fence_ipmilan doesn't respect power_wait option for power off
  • BZ - 804805 - fence_node -U fences instead of unfencing
  • BZ - 806883 - Attribute unique in XML metadata
  • BZ - 806897 - IPMI: return code can be invalid
  • BZ - 806912 - Typos in fence_ipmilan

CVEs

(none)

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a5c297ed7050db4a253372e48129b15e2b2d72a35272ca3220c100f7d4871b6
x86_64
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc3fc57325a3efa533f6215a04b6d217da301a7097449a44de43b2eafb889095
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78221ced6215f95e72c9cd8265dbd304641e37cffeeed95c0f0f1db1f7fd8890
i386
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8974eb45d53b07c34c866147d914240aa09e1cbaa23b69bcde7e39a3adc88452
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a84125389a0a92265a8c3d6c273cbff50cab39bdc4a7b1650d7cf60ee71b89cd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a5c297ed7050db4a253372e48129b15e2b2d72a35272ca3220c100f7d4871b6
x86_64
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc3fc57325a3efa533f6215a04b6d217da301a7097449a44de43b2eafb889095
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78221ced6215f95e72c9cd8265dbd304641e37cffeeed95c0f0f1db1f7fd8890
i386
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8974eb45d53b07c34c866147d914240aa09e1cbaa23b69bcde7e39a3adc88452
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a84125389a0a92265a8c3d6c273cbff50cab39bdc4a7b1650d7cf60ee71b89cd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a5c297ed7050db4a253372e48129b15e2b2d72a35272ca3220c100f7d4871b6
x86_64
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc3fc57325a3efa533f6215a04b6d217da301a7097449a44de43b2eafb889095
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78221ced6215f95e72c9cd8265dbd304641e37cffeeed95c0f0f1db1f7fd8890
i386
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8974eb45d53b07c34c866147d914240aa09e1cbaa23b69bcde7e39a3adc88452
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a84125389a0a92265a8c3d6c273cbff50cab39bdc4a7b1650d7cf60ee71b89cd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a5c297ed7050db4a253372e48129b15e2b2d72a35272ca3220c100f7d4871b6
x86_64
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc3fc57325a3efa533f6215a04b6d217da301a7097449a44de43b2eafb889095
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78221ced6215f95e72c9cd8265dbd304641e37cffeeed95c0f0f1db1f7fd8890

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a5c297ed7050db4a253372e48129b15e2b2d72a35272ca3220c100f7d4871b6
x86_64
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc3fc57325a3efa533f6215a04b6d217da301a7097449a44de43b2eafb889095
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78221ced6215f95e72c9cd8265dbd304641e37cffeeed95c0f0f1db1f7fd8890
i386
fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8974eb45d53b07c34c866147d914240aa09e1cbaa23b69bcde7e39a3adc88452
fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a84125389a0a92265a8c3d6c273cbff50cab39bdc4a7b1650d7cf60ee71b89cd

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