RHBA-2015:1312 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nfs-utils-lib packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The nfs-utils-lib packages contain support libraries required by the programs in
the nfs-utils packages.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the libnfsidmap library used "nobody@DEFAULTDOMAIN" when

performing name lookup, but this did not match the behavior of the rpc.idmapd
daemon. As a consequence, the nfsidmap utility did not properly handle
situations when "nobody@DEFAULTDOMAIN" did not directly map to any user or group
on the system. With this update, libnfsidmap uses the "Nobody-User" and
"Nobody-Group" values in the /etc/idmapd.conf file when the default "nobody"
user and group are set, and the described problem no longer occurs. (BZ#1129792)

• The nss_getpwnam() function previously failed to find the intended password

entry when the DNS domain name contained both upper-case and lower-case
characters. This update ensures that character case is ignored when comparing
domain names, and nss_getpwnam() is able to retrieve passwords as expected.
(BZ#1223465)

Users of nfs-utils-lib are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 - 1129792 - libnfsidmap: respect Nobody-User/Nobody-Group
• BZ - 1223465 - nss_getpwnam: does not ignore case when comparing domain names

CVEs

(none)

References

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