- Issued:
- 2011-12-06
- Updated:
- 2011-12-06
RHBA-2011:1573 - perl-Sys-Virt bug fix and enhancement update
Synopsis
perl-Sys-Virt bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
An updated perl-Sys-Virt package that fixes one bug and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The perl-Sys-Virt package provides application programming interfaces (APIs) for managing virtual machines from Perl, using the libvirt library.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Prior to this update, the flags argument was hardcoded to value 0 in virDomainGetXMLDesc. As a result, security sensitive domain information was not accessible using the libvirt perl bindings. This update adds the flags parameter to all get_xml_description methods. Now, the security sensitive domain information can be obtained as expected. (BZ#705792)
This update also adds the following enhancement:
- The Sys::Virt module has been updated to provide support for the new APIs introduced between version 0.8.7 and 0.9.3 of the libvirt library. (BZ#717887)
All users of perl-Sys-Virt are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug and adds this enhancement.
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
| 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 - 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 Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- perl-Sys-Virt-0.9.4-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-0.9.4-2.el6.i686.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-0.9.4-2.el6.src.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-debuginfo-0.9.4-2.el6.s390x.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-0.9.4-2.el6.s390x.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-debuginfo-0.9.4-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-debuginfo-0.9.4-2.el6.i686.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-debuginfo-0.9.4-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
- perl-Sys-Virt-0.9.4-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
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.