Issued:

2012-03-13

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0383 - dropwatch bug fix update

Synopsis

dropwatch bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated dropwatch package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The dropwatch package contains a utility that provides packet monitoring services.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the dropwatch utility could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. The failure was caused by a double-free error which occurred while issuing the start and stop messages. This update removes the freeing function calls from the underlying code, which prevents the dropwatch utility from crashing. (BZ#684713)

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

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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

• dropwatch-1.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• dropwatch-debuginfo-1.2-1.el6.s390x.rpm
• dropwatch-debuginfo-1.2-1.el6.i686.rpm
• dropwatch-1.2-1.el6.i686.rpm
• dropwatch-1.2-1.el6.src.rpm
• dropwatch-debuginfo-1.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• dropwatch-1.2-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
• dropwatch-debuginfo-1.2-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
• dropwatch-1.2-1.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 684713

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.