Issued:

2014-12-08

Updated:

2016-05-09

RHEA-2014:1968 - nc bug fix update

Synopsis

nc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated nc packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The nc packages contain the nc (or netcat) utility for reading and writing data across network connections, by using the TCP and UDP protocols. Also, netcat can be used as a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, as netcat can create many different connections and has numerous built-in capabilities.

This update adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, the netcat utility can handle HTTP/1.1 proxy responses, which certain proxies send in response to HTTP/1.0 requests. (BZ#1000773)

• This update improves the phrasing of comments that contained profanities in certain sections in scripts provided by the netcat utility. (BZ#1064755)

Users of nc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add these enhancements.

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nc-1.84-24.el6.src.rpm
• nc-debuginfo-1.84-24.el6.s390x.rpm
• nc-1.84-24.el6.i686.rpm
• nc-debuginfo-1.84-24.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nc-1.84-24.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nc-debuginfo-1.84-24.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nc-debuginfo-1.84-24.el6.i686.rpm
• nc-1.84-24.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nc-1.84-24.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1000773

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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