Issued:

2011-08-22

Updated:

2011-08-22

RHBA-2011:1190 - bootparamd bug fix update

Synopsis

bootparamd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated bootparamd package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Bootparamd is a server utility that provides information needed by diskless clients to boot. It consults the /etc/bootparams file for the required information.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the bootparamd utility did not convert network byte order (big-endian) to host byte order (little-endian on Linux and x86 platforms). Consequently, the sort functionality of a router's IP addresses did not work correctly because the ulong_compare() function compared values in reverse order. This bug has been fixed, and sorting now works properly in the described scenario. (BZ#729306)

All users of bootparamd are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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

• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.src.rpm
• bootparamd-0.17-26.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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