Issued:

2010-11-10

Updated:

2010-11-10

RHBA-2010:0836 - NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated NetworkManager packages that fix a bug and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Under certain circumstances, the "Enable Networking" and "Enable Wireless" menu items in the panel applet may have been insensitive. This error no longer occurs, and both options are now available as expected. (BZ#638598)

Also, this update adds the following enhancements:

• In enterprise wireless networks, the proactive key caching can now be used along with the PEAP-GTC authentication mechanism.

• Punjabi translation of the network applet has been updated.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue, and add these enhancements.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.src.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 638598

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/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.