Issued:

2013-01-08

Updated:

2013-01-08

RHBA-2013:0119 - xen bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

xen bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated xen packages that fix multiple bugs and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

These updated xen packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

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All users of xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and two enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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

Updated Packages

• xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5.ia64.rpm
• xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5.i386.rpm
• xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5.x86_64.rpm
• xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5.x86_64.rpm
• xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5.i386.rpm
• xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5.i386.rpm
• xen-3.0.3-142.el5.src.rpm
• xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5.x86_64.rpm
• xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5.ia64.rpm
• xen-3.0.3-142.el5.i386.rpm
• xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5.ia64.rpm
• xen-3.0.3-142.el5.ia64.rpm
• xen-3.0.3-142.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 753796
• This content is not included.BZ - 766483
• This content is not included.BZ - 772639
• This content is not included.BZ - 861349

CVEs

(none)

References

• This content is not included.This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.9_Technical_Notes/xen.html#RHBA-2013-0119

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/.
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