Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0746 - NetworkManager-openswan bug fix update

Synopsis

NetworkManager-openswan bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated NetworkManager-openswan package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

NetworkManager-openswan contains software for integrating the Openswan VPN software with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, it took as much as 45 seconds for NetworkManager-openswan to time out when an incorrect password or incorrect group secret was given. With this update, a fix has been provided and NetworkManager-openswan now fails immediately upon bad credentials. (BZ#659709)

Users of NetworkManager-openswan are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-debuginfo-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-debuginfo-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.src.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-debuginfo-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-openswan-debuginfo-0.8.0-6.20100411git.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information