RHEA-2011:1609 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new libvirt-snmp package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The new package libvirt-snmp allows to control and monitor libvirt
virtualization management tool by the way of the SNMP protocol. SNMP is an
Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks, its modular
structure allows it to be used in new fields and this new package allow
virtualization management by bridging the SNMP protocol and the libvirt API.

This enhancement update adds the libvirt-snmp package to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6. (BZ#642556, BZ#706114)

All users who require libvert-snmp are advised to install this new package.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

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 - 642556 - [RFE] Provide full snmp functionality for libvirtd
• BZ - 706114 - Create new libvirt-snmp package
• BZ - 732015 - Insufficient memory for the terminating null of the string

CVEs

(none)

References

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