RHBA-2014:1201 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sblim packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Standards-Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (SBLIM) consists of a
set of standards-based, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) modules that use
the Common Information Model (CIM) standard to gather and provide systems
management information, events, and methods to local or networked consumers via
an CIM object services broker using the CMPI (Common Manageability Programming
Interface) standard. This package provides a set of core providers and
development tools for systems management applications.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, if the /etc/fstab file entry used symbolic link, UUID, or LABEL

for identifying a device or a file system, these file systems or devices were
reported to be disabled although they were mounted. A patch has been applied to
fix this bug, and file systems and devices are now correctly reported as
mounted. (BZ#921485)

• Previously, the wbemcli CIM Client did not accept full stop (.) as a password

character on the command line. With the updated source code, the user is no
longer limited in the use of full stops because passwords containing this
character are now accepted. (BZ#959892)

• While enumerating the Linux_Processor class instances on systems with dynamic

CPU frequencies, the MaxClockSpeed property was determined incorrectly. It
showed the same value as the CurrentClockSpeed property, which is supposed to be
lower. The underlying source code has been modified, and the value of
MaxClockSpeed now correctly shows the real maximum processor clock speed.
(BZ#971056)

• Prior to this update, the sblim-cmpi-base provider was scanning wrong fields

of the /proc/[pid]/stat file. Consequently, the values for UserModeTime and
KernelModeTime properties in CIM class Linux_UnixProcess were incorrectly
calculated. With this update, correct fields are read, and UserModeTime and
KernelModeTime are calculated correctly. (BZ#974075)

Users of sblim 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 Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 971056 - SAP 5.10: sblim-cmpi-base: incorrect max cpu frequency
• BZ - 974075 - SAP 5.10: sblim-cmpi-base: wrong UserModeTime and KernelModeTime

CVEs

(none)

References

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