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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:1251 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1251 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

iputils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated iputils packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The iputils packages contain basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The arping command previously returned incorrect exit codes in some cases due to incorrect time related logic and exit-handling conditions in the code. With this update, the aforementioned problems have been fixed, and arping again returns correct values. (BZ#829998)
  • Due to incorrect code that handles the number of return path hops, the tracepath utility displayed an incorrect number of "back" hops. This update fixes the logic, and the number of displayed back hops is now accurate. (BZ#1099426)
  • When domain name translation was forced to be carried out over the IPv6 protocol, the output of the "ping" command was incorrect as it displayed an incorrect IP address received from the internal library. The underlying logic has been modified to use the gethostbyname2() function instead of gethostbyname(), and domain name to IP address translation now works correctly. (BZ#1113082)
  • Due to invalid logic present in the code, an erroneous warning message

could be returned under certain circumstances:

WARNING: kernel is not very fresh, upgrade is recommended.

This update removes the code responsible for returning this erroneous
warning message, thus fixing the bug. (BZ#1149574)

Users of iputils 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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 - 1113082 - ping returns odd results with options inet6 in resolv.conf

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1
i386
iputils-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7a5a2a8c174224072bdd1228af47b8e40959bbddfc6235016340fa2d558a91b
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4639b8b4f3415458565436fbe3edbb24a1e8a4b91c95bf29631c761c8b7b6d24

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1
i386
iputils-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7a5a2a8c174224072bdd1228af47b8e40959bbddfc6235016340fa2d558a91b
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4639b8b4f3415458565436fbe3edbb24a1e8a4b91c95bf29631c761c8b7b6d24

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1
i386
iputils-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7a5a2a8c174224072bdd1228af47b8e40959bbddfc6235016340fa2d558a91b
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4639b8b4f3415458565436fbe3edbb24a1e8a4b91c95bf29631c761c8b7b6d24

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1
i386
iputils-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7a5a2a8c174224072bdd1228af47b8e40959bbddfc6235016340fa2d558a91b
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4639b8b4f3415458565436fbe3edbb24a1e8a4b91c95bf29631c761c8b7b6d24

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
s390x
iputils-20071127-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8178f3310dd7a36c04622ccf37a7aac62d6ae7b009123551187975938c0f27f7
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 274fb333af3e81d130464960f91ed20de1590190bb1e88bfff4281d1cd157443

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
ppc64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bf59ffe62758312d4efc7e827f415a66be2b3d47402078cc4fb711f62bc6e3a1
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e0b09ce95b9e1a7fbc4c310f147d82b8b6f6fe3e7ac5cf5d3da4cda00dab65fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
x86_64
iputils-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d17832eae538a7f1bc2b79d472f517c80e06cc87240aeaaf727a86902f37a68
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 87662d6a9e99d24856a69f9922063d7128e477d181f9daad33ef68358f45e1e1
i386
iputils-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7a5a2a8c174224072bdd1228af47b8e40959bbddfc6235016340fa2d558a91b
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4639b8b4f3415458565436fbe3edbb24a1e8a4b91c95bf29631c761c8b7b6d24

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
iputils-20071127-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: f2275e6db411ccb703bfd94a2b4787c843c7b2b1abd2c07a901a51cade6a4bf4
s390x
iputils-20071127-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8178f3310dd7a36c04622ccf37a7aac62d6ae7b009123551187975938c0f27f7
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 274fb333af3e81d130464960f91ed20de1590190bb1e88bfff4281d1cd157443

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