Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1492 - oddjob bug fix update


Synopsis

oddjob bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated oddjob packages which fix this bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The oddjob service runs specified privileged tasks for unprivileged client applications which communicate with it through the system message bus.

These updated oddjob packages fix the following bug:

  • Previously, the oddjob daemon closed shared connections when it was stopped. Consequently oddjob crashed when shutting down because it incorrectly attempted to close its default connection to the system message bus. With this update, oddjob allows the connection to be closed implicitly when the process exits, avoiding the crash. (BZ#628683)

All users of oddjob are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fixes this bug.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • oddjob-devel-0.27-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oddjob-0.27-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • oddjob-libs-0.27-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oddjob-0.27-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oddjob-devel-0.27-12.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • oddjob-0.27-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oddjob-libs-0.27-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • oddjob-libs-0.27-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oddjob-0.27-12.el5.src.rpm
  • oddjob-devel-0.27-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oddjob-0.27-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • oddjob-devel-0.27-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • oddjob-devel-0.27-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • oddjob-libs-0.27-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • oddjob-libs-0.27-12.el5.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information