Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:0726 - rp-pppoe bug fix update


Synopsis

rp-pppoe bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The rp-pppoe packages provide the Roaring Penguin PPPoE client, a user-mode program that does not require any kernel modifications. This client is fully compliant with RFC 2516, the official PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) specification.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the pppoe-server did not correctly calculate the value of the Access Concentrator (AC) Cookie on Intel 64 and AMD64 platforms. As a consequence, the pppoe-server did not return a PPPoE active discovery session-confirmation (PADS) packet to the client. This update modifies the pppoe-server code so that a PADS packet is returned. (BZ#606403)

All users of rp-pppoe are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
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

  • rp-pppoe-3.5-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-debuginfo-3.5-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-3.5-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-3.5-33.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-3.5-33.el5.ia64.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-3.5-33.el5.src.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-debuginfo-3.5-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-debuginfo-3.5-33.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • rp-pppoe-debuginfo-3.5-33.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information