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

RHBA-2013:0050 - quagga bug fix update

Synopsis

quagga bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated quagga packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The quagga packages contain Quagga, the free network-routing software suite that manages TCP/IP based protocols. Quagga supports the BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng protocols, and is intended to be used as a Route Server and Route Reflector.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, several function declarations were missing in the zebra.h header file. As a consequence, a zebra server terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when commands, such as "show ip protocol", calling these functions were issued on the zebra server. With this update, the missing function declarations have been added and zebra servers no longer crash in this scenario. (BZ#528583)

  • Previously on system update, Quagga marked obsolete any other routing packages that provide the same functionality as Quagga, such as the bird package that provides a TCP/IP routing daemon. Consequently, such packages were removed from the system. With this update, the quagga spec file has been modified so that it no longer obsoletes other routing packages. (BZ#604620)

  • Previously, Quagga init scripts did not locate PID files of Quagga daemons correctly. Consequently, these PID files were not removed during service shutdown. With this update, Quagga init scripts have been modified to locate the respective PID files correctly and the PID files now no longer remain on the system after the service is stopped. (BZ#508800)

  • Previously, Quagga init scripts ignored the QCONFDIR variable specified in the /etc/sysconfig/quagga file and used an explicit path to the configuration files instead. This could cause problems if the location of the configuration changed. This update modifies Quagga init scripts to use the QCONFDIR variable as expected. (BZ#716324)

All users of quagga 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 endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
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

  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.s390x.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.i386.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc.rpm
  • quagga-contrib-0.98.6-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • quagga-contrib-0.98.6-11.el5.s390x.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.s390x.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.s390.rpm
  • quagga-contrib-0.98.6-11.el5.ppc.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.src.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.i386.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.s390x.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.ia64.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • quagga-devel-0.98.6-11.el5.s390.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.i386.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.ia64.rpm
  • quagga-0.98.6-11.el5.ia64.rpm
  • quagga-debuginfo-0.98.6-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • quagga-contrib-0.98.6-11.el5.i386.rpm
  • quagga-contrib-0.98.6-11.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information