Issued:
2012-11-12
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1449 - mrtg bug fix update

Synopsis

mrtg bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated mrtg packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mrtg packages provide the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) to monitor the traffic load on network-links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing Portable Network Graphics (PNG) images, which provide a live, visual representation of this traffic.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the MRTG tool did not handle the socket6 correctly. As a consequence, MRTG reported errors when run on a system with an IPv6 network interface due to a socket conflict. This update modifies the underlying code to socket6 as expected. (#706519)

  • Prior to this update, changing the "kMG" keyword in the MRTG configuration could cause the labels on the y-axis to overlap the main area of the generated chart. With this update, an upstream patch has been applied to address this issue, and changing the "kMG" keyword in the configuration no longer leads to the incorrect rendering of the resulting charts. (BZ#707188)

  • Prior to this update, the wrong value was returned from the IBM Fibrechannel switch when using the ifSpeed interface. As a consequence, mrtg cfgmaker failed to use ifHighSpeed on IBM FibreChannel switches. This update modifies the underlying code to return the correct value. (BZ#836197)

All users of mrtg are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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

  • mrtg-2.16.2-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • mrtg-2.16.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mrtg-libs-2.16.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mrtg-libs-2.16.2-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mrtg-2.16.2-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mrtg-libs-2.16.2-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mrtg-debuginfo-2.16.2-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mrtg-debuginfo-2.16.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mrtg-2.16.2-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mrtg-libs-2.16.2-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • mrtg-debuginfo-2.16.2-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mrtg-debuginfo-2.16.2-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • mrtg-2.16.2-7.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information