Issued:
2012-02-24
Updated:
2012-02-24

RHBA-2012:0336 - iptables bug fix update

Synopsis

iptables bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated iptables packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

Description

The iptables utility controls the network packet filtering code in the Linux kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The option parser of the iptables utility did not correctly handle the "-m mark" and "-m conmark" options in the same rule. Therefore, the iptables command failed when issued with both options. This update modifies behavior of the option parser so that iptables now works as expected with the "-m mark" and "-m conmark" options specified. (BZ#786871)

All users of iptables 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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI)6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.1ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.1s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1i386

Updated Packages

  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390.rpm
  • iptables-ipv6-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.src.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • iptables-ipv6-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • iptables-debuginfo-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.s390.rpm
  • iptables-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc.rpm
  • iptables-ipv6-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • iptables-ipv6-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • iptables-devel-1.4.7-5.1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information