Issued:
2011-09-26
Updated:
2011-09-26

RHEA-2011:1335 - openldap enhancement update

Synopsis

openldap enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Enhanced openldap packages 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. The openldap packages contain configuration files, libraries, and documentation for OpenLDAP.

These updated openldap packages add the following enhancement:

  • In a distributed environment, a Root DN (distinguished name) can be specified instead of a hostname to connect to an OpenLDAP server. The Root DN is used to look up the corresponding hosts using the DNS SRV (Domain Name Server Service) records. Prior to this update, the priority and weight of individual SRV records were ignored and the connection was created to the host in the first SRV record returned by the DNS server. As a consequence, a server in a different geographic location may have been queried, leading to high response times. Servers are now queried according to their priority and weight, which conforms to the RFC 2782 standard. (BZ#733659)

Users of openldap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI)6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.1ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.1s390x
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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1i386
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

  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm
  • openldap-servers-sql-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-servers-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-clients-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-servers-sql-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390.rpm
  • openldap-servers-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.src.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
  • openldap-servers-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-clients-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
  • openldap-clients-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm
  • openldap-servers-sql-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-clients-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-devel-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm
  • openldap-servers-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.s390x.rpm
  • openldap-debuginfo-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.ppc64.rpm
  • openldap-servers-sql-2.4.23-15.el6_1.3.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information