Issued:

2009-11-26

Updated:

2010-03-30

RHBA-2009:1607 - mtx bug fix update

Synopsis

mtx bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated mtx package that fixes one bug is now available.

Description

The mtx package contains utilities that control single or multi-drive SCSI media changers such as tape changers, autoloaders, tape libraries, or optical media jukeboxes. It can also be used with media changers that use the 'ATTACHED' API, presuming that they properly report the MChanger bit as required by the SCSI T-10 SMC specification.

This updated package provides a fix for the following bug:

• if the scsitape utility was run with an unknown command-line option (eg "-h", a switch option not used by scsitape), the application crashed with a Segmentation fault error. This update adds a termination entry to the end of the pertinent scsitape array. When an unknown command-line option is used, scsitape now exits cleanly and returns usage documentation to std out. (BZ#513984)

All mtx users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• mtx-1.2.18-9.src.rpm
• mtx-1.2.18-9.ia64.rpm
• mtx-1.2.18-9.s390x.rpm
• mtx-1.2.18-9.i386.rpm
• mtx-1.2.18-9.x86_64.rpm
• mtx-1.2.18-9.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 513984

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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