RHBA-2012:0414 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated tcpdump package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The tcpdump tool is a command line utility for monitoring network traffic.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the "start-time" command-line argument of the tcpslice utility was

parsed incorrectly. As a consequence, the utility produced error messages every
time the command-line argument was used. With this update, the "start-time"
command-line argument is parsed correctly, and an error message is displayed
only if "start-time" is defined in an incorrect format. (BZ#684005)

All users of tcpdump are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 684005 - improper handling of bad date format in tcpslice.c

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)