Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0546 - iputils bug fix update

Synopsis

iputils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated iputils package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The ping and ping6 commands were previously not compiled as position independent executables (PIE). In this update, they are now built as PIE executables. (BZ#630022)

• Previously, the tracepath6 program that is included in the iputils package failed to resolve a target when using the "-n" option and a hostname as the target. The fix for this problem has been provided so that tracepath6 now works as expected. (BZ#671579)

• Previously, when the rdisc utility that is included in the iputils package was run on a system with an interface having two IP addresses assigned to the interface, an error was issued and rdisc failed to start. The bug has been fixed and the rdisc start failure no longer occurs. (BZ#688332)

All iputils users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• iputils-debuginfo-20071127-16.el6.i686.rpm
• iputils-20071127-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
• iputils-20071127-16.el6.i686.rpm
• iputils-20071127-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
• iputils-debuginfo-20071127-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
• iputils-debuginfo-20071127-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
• iputils-debuginfo-20071127-16.el6.s390x.rpm
• iputils-20071127-16.el6.s390x.rpm
• iputils-20071127-16.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 671579
• This content is not included.BZ - 688332

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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