Issued:
2020-05-12
Updated:
2020-05-12

RHBA-2020:2077 - sos bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

sos bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for sos is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The sos package contains a set of utilities that gather information from system hardware, logs, and configuration files. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • sosreport executes almost 5000 commands and timed out in networking plugin (BZ#1805080)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • sos-3.8-8.el7_8.noarch.rpm
  • sos-3.8-8.el7_8.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information