Synopsis

iproute bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated iproute package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example)
which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux
kernel.

This updated iproute package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the ARP daemon, "arpd", had several undocumented
  options, including, "-?", "-B", "-R", "-b", "-h", "-k", and "-l". Consequently
  users issuing the command "arp --help" to see the usage message, or consulting
  the man page, did not see an explanation for all the options. With this update
  the help function's usage message and the man page have been corrected.
  (BZ#645260)
  
• Prior to this update, the "lnstat" usage message and man page contained
  spelling mistakes for the "-dump" and "-key" options. With this update these
  errors have been corrected. (BZ#645264)
  
• Prior to this update, the "ss" usage message and man page erroneously included
  an unsupported option ("-query") and omitted three supported options ("-diag",
  "-D", and "-socket"). With this update these errors and omissions have been
  corrected. (BZ#645267)
  
• Prior to this update, the "ss -4n" command did not distinguish between the
  "inet" and "inet6" domain when loading the tcp_diag module. Consequently IPv6
  information was output in addition to the expected IPv4 information. With this
  update the code has been corrected and the command functions as expected.
  (BZ#727059)
  

All users of iproute 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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 645260 - arpd - unrecognized and undocumented options
• BZ - 645264 - lnstat - unrecognized and undocumented options
• BZ - 645267 - ss - unrecognized and undocumented options

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
s390x
iproute-2.6.18-13.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 4cf7d9a99674d81fb26db07f7392e5000a7815ac6949817f9a8fe2c79353cad7