Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0821 - slapi-nis bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

slapi-nis bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated slapi-nis packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The slapi-nis packages contain the NIS server plug-in and the Schema Compatibility plug-in for use with the 389 directory server.

The slapi-nis packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.40, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#789152)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the schema compatibility plug-in could, under certain circumstances, leak memory when computing values for inclusion in the constructed entries even if the relevant values were not changed. As a consequence, the performance could decrease rapidly and all available memory was consumed. This update modifies the underlying code so that the memory leaks no longer occur. (BZ#784119)

  • Prior to this update, the directory server could terminate unexpectedly when processing a distinguished name if the relative distinguished name of a compatibility entry contained an escaped special character. This update modifies the plug-in so that special characters are now escaped when generating relative distinguished name values. (BZ#800625)

  • Prior to this update, padding values passed to %link were read as literal values. As a consequence, the values could not use the "%ifeq" expression. This update modifies the underlying code to treat the padding values as expressions using the "%ifeq" expression. (BZ#809559)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • Prior to this update, the plug-ins used the platform-neutral Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) read-write locking APIs to manage some of their internal data. This update modifies slapi-nis to use the locking functionality provided by the directory server itself. (BZ#730434)

All users of slapi-nis are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • slapi-nis-0.40-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • slapi-nis-0.40-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • slapi-nis-debuginfo-0.40-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • slapi-nis-debuginfo-0.40-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • slapi-nis-0.40-1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information