Issued:

2013-01-23

Updated:

2013-01-23

RHBA-2013:0183 - dhcp bug fix update

Synopsis

dhcp bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. The dhcp packages provide a relay agent and ISC DHCP service required to enable and administer DHCP on a network.

This update fixes the following bug:

• When the dhclient utility was executed with the "-1" command-line option, and then issued a DHCPDECLINE message, it restarted the process of acquiring a lease instead of exiting, as is expected with the "-1" option. A patch has been provided to address this bug and now, after sending a DHCPDECLINE message, dhclient prints out an error message and exits properly. (BZ#902359)

All users of dhcp 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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.src.rpm
• dhclient-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm
• dhclient-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm
• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• dhclient-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.i386.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm
• libdhcp4client-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-33.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
• dhclient-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm
• dhcp-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• dhcp-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.s390x.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• dhclient-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ia64.rpm
• libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-33.el5_9.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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