Issued:
2013-10-14
Updated:
2013-10-14

RHBA-2013:1424 - net-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

net-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated net-tools package that fixes multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The net-tools package contains basic networking tools, including ifconfig, netstat, or route. Netstat, for example, prints information about the Linux networking subsystem.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the "netstat --sctp -n" command was run on a system with large number of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) connections, the netstat utility terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. A patch that makes netstat sanitize input has been applied and netstat no longer crashes. (BZ#1015547)

  • Running the "netstat --sctp -n" command caused netstat to print IP addresses incorrectly for the SCTP protocol. A patch has been back-ported from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and netstat now shows correct IP addresses for SCTP protocol. (BZ#1015550)

All users of net-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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/site/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

  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-83.el5_10.i386.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-83.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-83.el5_10.s390x.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-83.el5_10.ppc.rpm
  • net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-83.el5_10.ia64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.ia64.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.ppc.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.src.rpm
  • net-tools-1.60-83.el5_10.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information