- Issued:
- 2009-06-22
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1119 - avahi bug fix update
Synopsis
avahi bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated avahi packages that fix log output when invalid packets are received are now available.
Description
Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf Networking. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow users to plug a computer into a network and automatically view other people to chat with, see printers to print to, and find shared files on other computers.
If Avahi receives an invalid mDNS packet, then it will write a message to syslog. The log message does not include the originating IP address of the packet, so it is not particularly useful to track down the source of the issue.
This update changes the log message to include the originating IP address of any invalid mDNS packets. This update also fixes some minor spelling errors in other log messages.
Users of avahi are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-tools-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-tools-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-tools-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390x.rpm
- avahi-glib-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-tools-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-tools-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.ia64.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.s390.rpm
- avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.i386.rpm
- avahi-qt3-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc.rpm
- avahi-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.src.rpm
- avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-6.el5.ppc64.rpm
- avahi-0.6.16-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 429138
- This content is not included.BZ - 438013
- This content is not included.BZ - 497874
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
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