RHBA-2013:0464 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes several bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The man-pages-overrides package provides a collection of manual (man) pages to
complement other packages or update those contained therein.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, documentation about SMBIOS on the dmidecode(8) manual

page was unclear. This update fixes the information about SMBIOS on the
dmidecode(8) manual page. (BZ#806845)

• Prior to this update, description of the "-SecurityTypes" option in the

TigerVNC utility was missing in the vncviewer(1) and Xvnc(1) manual pages. This
update adds a description to the vncviewer(1) and Xvnc(1) manual pages.
(BZ#814417)

• Prior to this update, the localalloc option on the numactl(8) manual page was

not clearly described. This update adds a clear description of the localalloc
option to the numactl(8) utility. (BZ#845657)

• Prior to this update, some options were missing from the ipmitool(1) manual

page. With this update, all options are described on the ipmitool(1) manual
page. (BZ#846591)

• Previously, the alsaunmute(1) manual page was missing. This update adds the

alsaunmute(1) manual page. (BZ#849201)

• Prior to this update, the "--no-tpm" option was not described in the rngd(8)

manual page. This update adds a description of the "--no-tpm" option.
(BZ#853959)

• Prior to this update, the groupmems(8) manual page was missing information

about the setuid permission of the groupmems binary. This update clarifies the
setuid permission in the groupmems(8) manual page. (BZ#867332)

• Prior to this update, the dump(8) manual page was missing information about

the ext4 file system support. This update adds this information to the dump(8)
manual page. (BZ#872526)

Users of man-pages-overrides are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 806845 - Update dmidecode's manpage.
• BZ - 845657 - Man page for numactl does not accurately describe the localalloc option.
• BZ - 849201 - [RFE] Man page for alsaunmute
• BZ - 853959 - Option -n (--no-tpm) missing in man page
• BZ - 866386 - man-pages-overrides 6.4 remove bug tracker
• BZ - 867332 - /usr/sbin/groupmems is not setuid root
• BZ - 872526 - dump manual page claims support for ext2/ext3 only, ext4 is missing

CVEs

(none)

References

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