Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1596 - net-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

net-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The net-tools package contains basic networking tools, including ifconfig, netstat, route, and others.

This updated net-tools package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the "hostname -i" command failed to display related network addresses when the hostname was not included in the /etc/hosts file. The "hostname -f" command had the same issue with Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs). To fix this issue, new "--all-fqdns" (or "-A") and "--all-ip-addresses" (or "-I") options have been implemented for the hostname command. These options are independent on the /etc/hosts content. The "hostname -I" command now displays all network addresses for all configured network interfaces, and the "hostname -A" command displays all FQDNs for all configured network interfaces of the host. (BZ#705110)

  • The "netstat -p" command output incorrectly displayed a number in the PID/Program name column instead of the program name. The code has been modified to fix this issue, and netstat now shows the correct program name in this column. (BZ#725348)

  • The netstat utility truncated IPv6 UDP sockets when the "--notrim" (or "-T") option was specified. This update fixes the issue, and whole IPv6 addresses are now displayed for UDP sockets when using netstat with this option. (BZ#732984)

  • The route(8) manual page now includes an explicit description of the "mss M" option. (BZ#680837)

  • The SYNOPSIS section of the plipconfig(8) manual page and the usage output of the plipconfig command have been modified to show correct plipconfig options. (BZ#694766)

All users of net-tools are advised to 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

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

  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-109.el6.i686.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-109.el6.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-109.el6.src.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-109.el6.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-109.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-109.el6.i686.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-109.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-109.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-109.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information