Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Emergency Release of OSG Software Versions 3.1.28 and 3.2.2

With the recent release of Enterprise Linux 6.5 (Red Hat, Scientific Linux,
CentOS), GRAM and GridFTP from the OSG Software Stack have stopped working
on those systems. Sites running version 6.4 will automatically update to
version 6.5 with a yum update. We are releasing updated Globus packages
that work around the problems. Sites running Enterprise Linux 6 are strongly
encouraged to update to the latest version of the OSG Software Stack, before
updating to version 6.5. Alternatively, sites can just update the Globus
packages from the OSG software repositories.

This addresses the OpenSSL issue previously reported at http://osggoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/openssl-101e-linked-to-gsi-failures.html

The updated packages are:
* globus-gatekeeper-9.6-1.12
* globus-xio-gsi-driver-8.1-4.1
* globus-gss-assist-2.1-4.1

Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3128
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release322

Need help? Let us know:
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure