Issued:

2014-10-13

Updated:

2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1426 - openldap bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

openldap bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated openldap packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols for accessing directory services (usually phone book style information, but other information is possible) over the Internet, similar to the way DNS (Domain Name System) information is propagated over the Internet. The openldap package contains configuration files, libraries, and documentation for OpenLDAP.

The openldap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.4.39, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Specifically, Memory-mapped database library (LMDB) support in OpenLDAP has been enabled. (BZ#923680)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Previously, OpenLDAP did not properly handle a number of simultaneous updates. As a consequence, sending a number of parallel update requests to the server could cause a deadlock. With this update, a superfluous locking mechanism causing the deadlock has been removed, thus fixing the bug.

Users of openldap 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• openldap-clients-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-clients-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-servers-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-servers-sql-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-servers-sql-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-servers-sql-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-clients-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc.rpm
• openldap-servers-sql-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.s390.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-clients-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-servers-2.4.39-8.el6.s390x.rpm
• openldap-servers-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc.rpm
• openldap-debuginfo-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.s390.rpm
• openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.i686.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.s390.rpm
• openldap-servers-2.4.39-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
• openldap-2.4.39-8.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 979819
• This content is not included.BZ - 1014831
• This content is not included.BZ - 1021408
• This content is not included.BZ - 1024748
• This content is not included.BZ - 1027796
• This content is not included.BZ - 1039903
• This content is not included.BZ - 1061628
• This content is not included.BZ - 1064725
• This content is not included.BZ - 1099180
• This content is not included.BZ - 1102083
• This content is not included.BZ - 1111014

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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