RHEA-2014:1968 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated nc packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The nc packages contain the nc (or netcat) utility for reading and writing data
across network connections, by using the TCP and UDP protocols. Also, netcat can
be used as a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, as netcat can
create many different connections and has numerous built-in capabilities.

This update adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, the netcat utility can handle HTTP/1.1 proxy responses,

which certain proxies send in response to HTTP/1.0 requests. (BZ#1000773)

• This update improves the phrasing of comments that contained profanities in

certain sections in scripts provided by the netcat utility. (BZ#1064755)

Users of nc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add these
enhancements.

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/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 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1000773 - nc breaks on HTTP/1.1 proxy servers

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)