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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:36:50 -0500
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Synopsis:	Low: openafs security update
Issue date:	21-Dec-2007
CVE Names:	OpenAFS Security Advisory 2007-003

In pthread-aware fileservers, the "host_glock" pthread lock, accessed
via the H_LOCK and H_UNLOCK macros, is used to provide safe access to
host structures. This lock is required to be held when updating
information pertaining to a host. The RPC handler for the
GiveUpAllCallBacks RPC did not hold this lock while performing its work.

This errata is already in SL 4.6.  So it only applies to SL 40-45

SL 4.x

    SRPMS:
openafs.SLx-1.4.6-58.src.rpm
    i386:
openafs-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-authlibs-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-client-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-compat-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-debug-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-devel-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-kernel-source-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-kpasswd-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-krb5-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-server-1.4.6-58.SL4.i386.rpm
    x86_64:
openafs-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-authlibs-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-client-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-compat-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-debug-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-devel-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-kernel-source-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-kpasswd-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-krb5-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
openafs-server-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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