Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0786 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

initscripts bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for initscripts is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The initscripts packages contain basic system scripts that boot the system, change runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut down the system cleanly.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of initscripts are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1157856 - Request to change hostname logic handling for "static"/"none" interface configuration
  • BZ - 1278519 - Netconsole cannot resolve the syslog server address if it is only included in the /etc/hosts file
  • BZ - 1311811 - ifdown on lo alias does not work
  • BZ - 1315018 - RHEL6: network initscript touches wrong or inexistent interfaces when tunnel interface is present
  • BZ - 1320366 - ifup-aliases does not send gratuitous ARPs when adding addresses
  • BZ - 1350602 - Change to initscripts causes dhclient to always send hostname to server via -H, even if it was not set
  • BZ - 1377986 - ipcalc utility on installation DVD fails to check invalid address/mask

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eee64cb99d877f185b9206f4b5f5e461e4ab5c973ecdcc7732325b525152cef4
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8119c2b93450358fbf8cf523c4f29728b3fbaf075cfc9e6128f66f553080080
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
i386
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33b045ff4aa0cde93abe138fcc6f3def9f1f20e6f7baca5a738001423e839852
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: db3372a4678c053ced86626f0fde150e988b4a3af9d28fc0105811164adbd546
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eee64cb99d877f185b9206f4b5f5e461e4ab5c973ecdcc7732325b525152cef4
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8119c2b93450358fbf8cf523c4f29728b3fbaf075cfc9e6128f66f553080080
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
i386
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33b045ff4aa0cde93abe138fcc6f3def9f1f20e6f7baca5a738001423e839852
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: db3372a4678c053ced86626f0fde150e988b4a3af9d28fc0105811164adbd546
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eee64cb99d877f185b9206f4b5f5e461e4ab5c973ecdcc7732325b525152cef4
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8119c2b93450358fbf8cf523c4f29728b3fbaf075cfc9e6128f66f553080080
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
i386
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33b045ff4aa0cde93abe138fcc6f3def9f1f20e6f7baca5a738001423e839852
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: db3372a4678c053ced86626f0fde150e988b4a3af9d28fc0105811164adbd546
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eee64cb99d877f185b9206f4b5f5e461e4ab5c973ecdcc7732325b525152cef4
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8119c2b93450358fbf8cf523c4f29728b3fbaf075cfc9e6128f66f553080080
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
i386
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33b045ff4aa0cde93abe138fcc6f3def9f1f20e6f7baca5a738001423e839852
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: db3372a4678c053ced86626f0fde150e988b4a3af9d28fc0105811164adbd546
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 799018c33dc11e10bb5a794e12dd8a2129f7d1d67c4dfede9da1a2d39da99c2a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
s390x
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a1b1b5f0963aa38527744599a2b42e8c00b4cf13e21dfba267d02ef09348c557
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4836eeafd444e928e53f318ecc040f81ec1c50e357dc5bfb6d6f6933bdd2b269
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4602f847e096b4fee41802e051d866a5b37e367e43b0037162704eac6d093088
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4602f847e096b4fee41802e051d866a5b37e367e43b0037162704eac6d093088

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
ppc64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: dfc4d32d94956a3763a455763466e77004622a62858f3f8d8fe31baa20bbc350
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c224b2d0846e2ffaa9d7037f5e7f44bf972922473a688af63403e567ed08b763
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5e3bd3b09a7db9b94132dff918176a0618a6671ebc7b3c427b13bd45eaa70002
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5e3bd3b09a7db9b94132dff918176a0618a6671ebc7b3c427b13bd45eaa70002

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eee64cb99d877f185b9206f4b5f5e461e4ab5c973ecdcc7732325b525152cef4
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8119c2b93450358fbf8cf523c4f29728b3fbaf075cfc9e6128f66f553080080
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1a5b767912ed628ca35e2ae92198eb46e27635e2f80db7f7d2ff23d4a6721db

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

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d34fa5c0608f0d307becebc815e114015077c60cfe6d2faaffeab3547532986c
s390x
debugmode-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a1b1b5f0963aa38527744599a2b42e8c00b4cf13e21dfba267d02ef09348c557
initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4836eeafd444e928e53f318ecc040f81ec1c50e357dc5bfb6d6f6933bdd2b269
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4602f847e096b4fee41802e051d866a5b37e367e43b0037162704eac6d093088
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.58-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4602f847e096b4fee41802e051d866a5b37e367e43b0037162704eac6d093088

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