Issued:
2012-05-10
Updated:
2012-05-10

RHBA-2012:0555 - net-tools bug fix update


Synopsis

net-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated net-tools packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The net-tools packages contain basic networking tools. including hostname, ifconfig, netstat, or route.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Running the "hostname" command with the "-A, --all-fqdns" or "-I, --all-ip-addresses" option to display all Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) or network addresses of the host failed with the "Hostname lookup failure" error if the machine's host name was not resolved in DNS. With this update, these options are no longer dependent on name resolution; all FQDNs and network addresses of the host are now displayed as expected even if the host name cannot be resolved or is not included in the /etc/hosts file. (BZ#816375)

All users of net-tools 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 Storage2.0x86_64
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI)2.0x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise2.0x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.2i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.2ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.2s390x
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 Update Support from RHUI6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.2i386
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 Server - AUS6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-110.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-110.el6_2.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.i686.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.src.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-110.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-110.el6_2.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information