Scientific Linux: ypbind SL3.x Bug Fix Update for Connection Issues

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:35:52 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for ypbind on SL3.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Low: ypbind bug fix update
Issue date:	2008-05-27

This updated package fixes the following bugs:

* after a NIS server change, for example, after a server failure, ypbind
corrupted files in the "/var/yp/binding/" directory. As well, these files
were not updated, possibly causing old information to be retained. In these
situations, glibc attempted to read the incorrect information, resulting in
errors such as "RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused".

* by default, NIS clients pinged NIS servers every 20 seconds. In large
deployments, this added extra load, and could possibly cause a denial of
service. In this updated package, a new "ypbind" option, "-ping-interval",
has been added, which allows administrators to configure the ping interval
value.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
ypbind-1.12-6.src.rpm
 i386:
ypbind-1.12-6.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
ypbind-1.12-6.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson