Issued:

2013-10-23

Updated:

2013-10-23

RHBA-2013:1453 - rpcbind bug fix

Synopsis

rpcbind bug fix

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rpcbind packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

Description

The rpcbind utility maps RPC (Remote Procedure Call) services to the ports on which the services listen and allows the host to make RPC calls to the RPC server.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, in the insecure mode, which enables non-root users to set or unset ports, a privileged port was required. As only root users can obtain a privileged port, non-root users could not set or unset ports. To fix this bug, the privileged port has been removed, and thus non-root users are now allowed to set or unset ports on the loopback interface. (BZ#858573)

All users of rpcbind are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

Updated Packages

• rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-9.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-9.el6_3.i686.rpm
• rpcbind-0.2.0-9.el6_3.i686.rpm
• rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-9.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• rpcbind-0.2.0-9.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• rpcbind-0.2.0-9.el6_3.src.rpm
• rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-9.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• rpcbind-0.2.0-9.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• rpcbind-0.2.0-9.el6_3.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 858573

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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