Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1453 - iproute bug fix update

Synopsis

iproute bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated iproute package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example) which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux kernel.

This updated iproute package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the ARP daemon, "arpd", had several undocumented options, including, "-?", "-B", "-R", "-b", "-h", "-k", and "-l". Consequently users issuing the command "arp --help" to see the usage message, or consulting the man page, did not see an explanation for all the options. With this update the help function's usage message and the man page have been corrected. (BZ#645260)

  • Prior to this update, the "lnstat" usage message and man page contained spelling mistakes for the "-dump" and "-key" options. With this update these errors have been corrected. (BZ#645264)

  • Prior to this update, the "ss" usage message and man page erroneously included an unsupported option ("-query") and omitted three supported options ("-diag", "-D", and "-socket"). With this update these errors and omissions have been corrected. (BZ#645267)

  • Prior to this update, the "ss -4n" command did not distinguish between the "inet" and "inet6" domain when loading the tcp_diag module. Consequently IPv6 information was output in addition to the expected IPv4 information. With this update the code has been corrected and the command functions as expected. (BZ#727059)

All users of iproute are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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 Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.src.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.ia64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information