RHBA-2013:0474 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sos packages that fix several bugs and add two enhancements are now
available.

Description

The sos packages contain a set of tools that gather information from system
hardware, logs and configuration files. The information can then be used for
diagnostic purposes and debugging.

These updated sos packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/sos.html

All users of sos are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide
numerous bug fixes and two 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/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
• 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 - 809727 - sosreport not collecting pagetypeinfo
• BZ - 817093 - Educate sos in the ways of /etc/multipath/
• BZ - 821005 - Error message when running the rpm plugin on sosreport
• BZ - 822113 - sosreport handles --name and --ticket-number parameters incorrectly
• BZ - 822174 - hostname handling needs sanity improvement
• BZ - 824378 - Logging in sosGetCommandOutput in helpers.py is broken
• BZ - 825149 - More enhancements for ipa information collection
• BZ - 834594 - 'sosreport' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.default.retrans_time; Use net.ipv6.neigh.default.retrans_time_ms instead
• BZ - 850433 - One redundant new line char in gathered commands
• BZ - 850779 - Provide an sos plugin for sanlock in order to collect the relevant logs
• BZ - 852049 - Add new Postgres Plug-in

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/sos.html