Issued:
2014-06-09
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0639 - amtu bug fix update

Synopsis

amtu bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated amtu package that fixes three bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU) is an administrative utility to verify that the underlying protection mechanisms of the system hardware are being enforced correctly.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU) did not handle the name of the interface correctly under certain circumstances. As a consequence, AMTU failed to obtain a list of network interfaces to test. With this update, the interface hardware type and carriers are obtained from the /sys/class/net/ directory. Now, only an Ethernet and a token ring can be used, and a carrier must be present. As a result, AMTU handles the new network interface names as expected. (BZ#689823)

  • Prior to this update, AMTU ran network tests on interfaces configured with a static IP that did not have an existing connection, causing those tests to fail. With this update, AMTU no longer runs tests on interfaces that are not up. (BZ#723049)

  • Previously, the name of the network interface was restricted to 4 characters on 32-bit systems and 8 characters on 64-bit system due to using the sizeof() operator instead of the strlen() function. As a consequence, AMTU did not correctly display the full network interface name in certain portions of the output. A patch has been applied to address this bug, and AMTU now always displays the full network interface name as expected. (BZ#1098076)

Users of amtu are advised to upgrade to the 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 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

  • amtu-debuginfo-1.0.8-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • amtu-1.0.8-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • amtu-debuginfo-1.0.8-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • amtu-1.0.8-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • amtu-1.0.8-11.el6.src.rpm
  • amtu-1.0.8-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • amtu-debuginfo-1.0.8-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • amtu-debuginfo-1.0.8-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • amtu-1.0.8-11.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information