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

RHBA-2012:0194 - dhcp bug fix update

Synopsis

dhcp bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated dhcp packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an Internet Protocol (IP) network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the anaconda dhcptimeout value was not fully propagated to libdhcp4client's internal timeout_arg. As a result, it used the insufficient default timeout of 60 seconds. With this update, anaconda dhcptimeout value is correctly propagated and the problem no longer occurs with this update. This update is a dependency of BZ#737155 and BZ#737161. (BZ#736515)

All DHCP Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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

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

  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.s390.rpm
  • dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5.i386.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.i386.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.s390x.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.ia64.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.i386.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ia64.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.s390x.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.s390x.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.s390.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.i386.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.s390.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5.ia64.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5.s390x.rpm
  • dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.i386.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc.rpm
  • dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5.src.rpm
  • dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5.ppc.rpm
  • libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information