Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1612 - mod_wsgi bug fix update


Synopsis

mod_wsgi bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The mod_wsgi adapter is an Apache module that provides a WSGI-compliant interface for hosting Python-based web applications within Apache.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When stopping the httpd daemon with the mod_wsgi module, a short race condition occurred right after its start, during which httpd could terminate unexpectedly with errors. This bug has been fixed and httpd no longer crashes in the described conditions. (BZ#1008018)

Users of mod_wsgi 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • mod_wsgi-debuginfo-3.2-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-3.2-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-3.2-7.el6.src.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-3.2-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-debuginfo-3.2-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-debuginfo-3.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-3.2-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-3.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_wsgi-debuginfo-3.2-7.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information