Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHEA-2012:0869 - dnsmasq enhancement update

Synopsis

dnsmasq enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated dnsmasq packages that add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The dnsmasq package contains Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

This update provides the following enhancement:

  • A new subpackage, dnsmasq-utils, has been added. The dnsmasq-utils subpackage contains the dhcp_lease_time and dhcp_release utilities, which serve to query and remove DHCP server leases using the standard DHCP protocol. (BZ#794792)

All dnsmasq users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • dnsmasq-2.48-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-2.48-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-utils-2.48-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-utils-2.48-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.48-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-utils-2.48-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • dnsmasq-2.48-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • dnsmasq-2.48-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • dnsmasq-2.48-6.el6.src.rpm
  • dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.48-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • dnsmasq-utils-2.48-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.48-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.48-6.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information