RHBA-2013:0313 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libsoup packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the clock-applet did not handle canceled requests during

a DNS lookup correctly and accessed already freed memory. As a consequence, the
weather view of the clock-applet could, under certain circumstances, abort with
a segmentation fault when updating the weather if the hostname of the weather
server needed more than 30 seconds, for example due to network problems. This
update modifies the underlying code to allow requests that take too long to be
canceled. (BZ#657622)

• Prior to this update, the weather view of the clock-applet tried to connect

to the weather server indefinitely as fast as it could if the weather server (or
an HTTP proxy) closed the connection without responding. This update modifies
the underlying code to retry a request only if the server unexpectedly closes a
previously-used connection, not a new connection. Now, libsoup returns a
"Connection terminated unexpectedly" error, so the clock-applet does not update
the weather display, and tries again later. (BZ#746587)

All users of libsoup are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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 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 6 i386
• 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 - 657622 - [abrt] gnome-panel-2.30.2-5.el6: Process /usr/libexec/clock-applet was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)

CVEs

(none)

References

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