RHBA-2013:1579 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated vhostmd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 for SAP.

Description

The Virtual Host Metrics Daemon (vhostmd) provides virtual machines with
information on the resource utilization of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux host on
which they are being run.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to bugs in the libmetrics code, user's programs could terminate with a

segmentation fault when attempting to obtain guest metrics from vhostmd. The
libmetrics code has been fixed to perform XPath queries and propagate errors to
the user correctly so that the user's programs can now obtain guest metrics as
expected. (BZ#820500)

All users of vhostmd 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 820500 - Test program segfaults when trying to obtain Guest metrics from vhostmd

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)