- Issued:
- 2011-05-19
- Updated:
- 2011-05-19
RHBA-2011:0808 - libtdb bug fix update
Synopsis
libtdb bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated libtdb packages that resolve an issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The libtdb package contains a library that implements a trivial database.
These updated libtdb packages fix the following bug:
- When processing very large database updates, occasionally, tdb incorrectly allocated unnecessarily large amounts of memory. As a result, an OOM (Out Of Memory) situation occurred. This was caused by libtdb calling the tdb_expand() function to increase its size by creating space to store an extra hundred records of the size of the largest record it currently has. With this update, this behavior has been removed and tdb no longer allocates unnecessarily large amounts of memory. (BZ#692251)
All users of libtdb are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve 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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.s390.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
- tdb-tools-1.2.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.s390.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.s390.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.src.rpm
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc.rpm
- tdb-tools-1.2.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
- tdb-tools-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
- libtdb-devel-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc.rpm
- libtdb-1.2.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
- tdb-tools-1.2.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
- libtdb-debuginfo-1.2.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
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