Issued:
2011-08-10
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1133 - tftp bug fix update


Synopsis

tftp bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated tftp packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is normally used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp package provides the user interface for TFTP, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. The tftp-server package provides the server for TFTP which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the small files were transferred and the "-v" option was enabled, the tftp client printed incorrect statistics about the transfer. This update fixes printing of the transfer statistics. (BZ#655830)

  • The tftpd daemon did not correctly handle the utimeout option value. If a client specified a utimeout value within the permitted range, it caused the tftpd process to crash. This crash only affected the current tftp request. (BZ#714240)

All users of tftp and tftp-server should upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • tftp-0.49-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tftp-server-0.49-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tftp-debuginfo-0.49-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • tftp-server-0.49-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • tftp-0.49-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tftp-0.49-7.el6.src.rpm
  • tftp-debuginfo-0.49-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tftp-debuginfo-0.49-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tftp-0.49-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tftp-debuginfo-0.49-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tftp-server-0.49-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tftp-server-0.49-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tftp-0.49-7.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information