Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0762 - iptraf bug fix update

Synopsis

iptraf bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

IPTraf is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf gathers data such as TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts.

This updated iptraf package fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, interface names were checked by IPTraf against a whitelist of names to determine whether an interface was supported. Network devices can have arbitrary names and due to the changes for "Consistent Network Device Naming", the interface names will change to location-based names. Consequently, IPTraf could reject certain interface names. This update removes the interface name check and as a result IPTraf always accepts device names. (BZ#682350)

All users of iptraf 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
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 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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • iptraf-debuginfo-3.0.1-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • iptraf-debuginfo-3.0.1-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • iptraf-3.0.1-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • iptraf-debuginfo-3.0.1-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iptraf-3.0.1-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iptraf-3.0.1-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iptraf-3.0.1-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • iptraf-debuginfo-3.0.1-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iptraf-3.0.1-14.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information