Issued:
2013-09-30
Updated:
2013-09-30

RHBA-2013:1361 - dbus bug fix update

Synopsis

dbus bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated dbus packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

D-Bus is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used for the system-wide message bus service and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to improper holding of file handles by D-Bus and gnome-vfs-daemon (specifically in the gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new() function), running a firmware update application on an IBM tape device caused a file handle to be opened for that tape device and never released. With this update, all open file handles are now properly closed, and the aforementioned application no longer holds the tape device indefinitely. (BZ#517169)

Users of dbus are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug. For the update to take effect, all running instances of dbus-daemon and all running applications using the libdbus library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.s390.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.s390.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2-21.el5.i386.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.s390.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.s390.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.i386.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.i386.rpm
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-21.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dbus-debuginfo-1.1.2-21.el5.i386.rpm
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2-21.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2-21.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dbus-1.1.2-21.el5.src.rpm
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2-21.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information