- Issued:
- 2013-09-30
- Updated:
- 2013-09-30
RHBA-2013:1343 - libtevent bug fix and enhancement update
Synopsis
libtevent bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated libtevent packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The libtevent packages provide Tevent, an event system based on the talloc memory management library. Tevent supports many event types, including timers, signals, and the classic file descriptor events. Tevent also provides helpers to deal with asynchronous code represented by the tevent_req() (Tevent Request) functions.
The libtevent package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.18, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#951045)
This update also fixes the following bug:
- Prior to this update, a condition in the poll backend copied a 64-bit variable into an unsigned integer variable, which was smaller than 64-bit on 32-bit architectures. Using that unsigned integer variable in a condition rendered that condition to be always false. The variable has been fixed to be of uint64_t format guaranteeing its width to be 64 bits on all architectures. As a result, the condition now yields expected results. (BZ#975488)
Users of libtevent 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/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.s390.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.i386.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.src.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.ia64.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.s390.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.s390x.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.s390x.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.s390x.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.i386.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.s390.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
- libtevent-debuginfo-0.9.18-2.el5.ia64.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.i386.rpm
- libtevent-0.9.18-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- libtevent-devel-0.9.18-2.el5.ia64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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Additional information
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