Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1579 - vhostmd bug fix update

Synopsis

vhostmd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated vhostmd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for SAP.

Description

The Virtual Host Metrics Daemon (vhostmd) provides virtual machines with information on the resource utilization of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux host on which they are being run.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to bugs in the libmetrics code, user's programs could terminate with a segmentation fault when attempting to obtain guest metrics from vhostmd. The libmetrics code has been fixed to perform XPath queries and propagate errors to the user correctly so that the user's programs can now obtain guest metrics as expected. (BZ#820500)

All users of vhostmd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • vm-dump-metrics-devel-0.4-2.8.el6.i686.rpm
  • vm-dump-metrics-0.4-2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vm-dump-metrics-devel-0.4-2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vhostmd-debuginfo-0.4-2.8.el6.i686.rpm
  • vhostmd-0.4-2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vhostmd-0.4-2.8.el6.src.rpm
  • vhostmd-debuginfo-0.4-2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vm-dump-metrics-0.4-2.8.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information