Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1400 - haproxy bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

haproxy bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated haproxy packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The haproxy packages provide a reliable, high-performance network load balancer for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

The haproxy packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.5.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1136550)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • The OPTIONS parameter has been added to the /etc/sysconfig/haproxy file, which allows the user to set extra options for the haproxy utility. (BZ#1166497)

Users of haproxy are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386

Updated Packages

  • haproxy-1.5.4-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • haproxy-debuginfo-1.5.4-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • haproxy-debuginfo-1.5.4-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • haproxy-1.5.4-2.el6.src.rpm
  • haproxy-1.5.4-2.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information