Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0370 - slapi-nis bug fix update

Synopsis

slapi-nis bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated slapi-nis package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

• While updating their internal data caches after the server had processed an LDAP modify request, the modules leaked a small amount of memory after every modify request. This bug has been fixed and no memory is now leaked in the described scenario. (BZ#840926)

• At build-time, the slapi-nis package attempted to detect if it was being built for a version of the directory server which included support for backend transactions. If this support was detected, the plug-in enabled its own optional logic for supporting transactions in order to allow it to interact properly with the server and other plug-ins. Some time after this support was added to slapi-nis, the recommended strategy for integrating with a transaction-enabled server was revised, rendering changes in slapi-nis incorrect. This update explicitly disables that support in these plug-in, thus preventing this support from interfering with normal directory server operations. (BZ#829502)

Users of slapi-nis are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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

• slapi-nis-debuginfo-0.40-3.el6.i686.rpm
• slapi-nis-0.40-3.el6.src.rpm
• slapi-nis-debuginfo-0.40-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
• slapi-nis-0.40-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
• slapi-nis-0.40-3.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 829502
• This content is not included.BZ - 840926

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.