This bug has been copied from bug #588500 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
Created attachment 411407 [details] backport of revision 2129
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0486.html
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: In high-loss networks, an assert based on a constant value for the retransmit message queue size could have caused a some nodes to receive SIGABRT signals, and therefore terminate. This constant value has been increased to correspond to the maximum number of entries, thus resolving the issue.