- Issued:
- 2011-07-21
- Updated:
- 2011-07-21
RHBA-2011:0982 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
etherboot bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated etherboot packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
Etherboot is an open source network bootloader. It provides a direct replacement
for proprietary Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) ROMs. It also has many extra
features, such as DNS, HTTP and iSCSI.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Prior to this update, the debuginfo in etherboot was empty. This update drops
the debuginfo package. Now, etherboot contains no more redundant subpackages.
(BZ#500578)
- Prior to this update, etherboot could loop forever if a valid PXE offer was
not received. Due to this problem, the Virtual Machine (VM) could become
unresponsive indefinitely. With this update, etherboot transfers in such cases
the control back to the basic input/output system (BIOS) of the VM. Now, the VM
can boot from the configured boot method. (BZ#655266)
All etherboot users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
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/kb/docs/DOC-11259/
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 500578 - etherboot-debuginfo is empty
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
etherboot-5.4.4-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46801af92040df706c05704a0f9152117874348ba39ace805a4b889e4c948d02 |
x86_64 | |
etherboot-pxes-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a64ed9362cf21cd6b7254ce851539074b318b34776afe6c256af5cefa058ce0f |
etherboot-roms-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa8b48103745286c40c17c26d4504049556dd0e3afa0a8b2b86152780200531e |
etherboot-roms-kvm-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1013ab21a1c64e7285deda68aa4f1fff2fc9effb110a27b486b0ecd5cfcaab7c |
etherboot-zroms-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b0f6032d862ef970b4f054526f2172398ff38035081ebf68a33a25b7d15935f |
etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 26c994267882a65801c9b7a7b82ef47bf7e9d92be6957de6a625f05636e90ac8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
etherboot-5.4.4-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46801af92040df706c05704a0f9152117874348ba39ace805a4b889e4c948d02 |
x86_64 | |
etherboot-pxes-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a64ed9362cf21cd6b7254ce851539074b318b34776afe6c256af5cefa058ce0f |
etherboot-roms-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa8b48103745286c40c17c26d4504049556dd0e3afa0a8b2b86152780200531e |
etherboot-roms-kvm-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1013ab21a1c64e7285deda68aa4f1fff2fc9effb110a27b486b0ecd5cfcaab7c |
etherboot-zroms-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b0f6032d862ef970b4f054526f2172398ff38035081ebf68a33a25b7d15935f |
etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 26c994267882a65801c9b7a7b82ef47bf7e9d92be6957de6a625f05636e90ac8 |
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