Bug Fix Advisory traceroute bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0883-3
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated traceroute package that fixes two bugs is now available.

The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way
to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP
address and hostname (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by
the packets.

This updated package fixes the following two bugs:

* routers using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) send certain MPLS data
in ICMP packets. The traceroute utility incorrectly rendered this MPLS
data, resulting in output such as "Icmp checksum is wrong". In this updated
package, traceroute renders MPLS data in accordance with RFC 4950 (ICMP
Extensions for Multiprotocol Label Switching), resulting in the correct
output for MPLS data, as well as making traceroute RFC 4950 compliant.

* the traceroute command "traceroute -F <host_name>" failed and the "packet
reassembles failed" counter incremented with each failure. (The latter
could be seen by issuing the "netstat -s" command). With this update,
"traceroute -F <host_name>" works as expected.

Users of traceroute are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm     4bb1f3a73a2147a98ce06acf07cc3dea
 
IA-32:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm     63cc458d17c96b8b83f0d18c0bff734c
 
x86_64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm     babd91275f37950d71df1992ba3e6cc3
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm     4bb1f3a73a2147a98ce06acf07cc3dea
 
IA-32:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm     63cc458d17c96b8b83f0d18c0bff734c
 
IA-64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm     ef3ac2a6b1e628d660f490dad1d8da56
 
PPC:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ppc.rpm     0d4d89a0f99c4bed884e79fd5da98337
 
s390:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.s390.rpm     e0a0eff2724434d05fd2ce890d357675
 
s390x:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.s390x.rpm     fac11cf86ec25b4a1a56226767c1d84b
 
x86_64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm     babd91275f37950d71df1992ba3e6cc3
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm     4bb1f3a73a2147a98ce06acf07cc3dea
 
IA-32:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm     63cc458d17c96b8b83f0d18c0bff734c
 
IA-64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm     ef3ac2a6b1e628d660f490dad1d8da56
 
x86_64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm     babd91275f37950d71df1992ba3e6cc3
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm     4bb1f3a73a2147a98ce06acf07cc3dea
 
IA-32:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm     63cc458d17c96b8b83f0d18c0bff734c
 
IA-64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm     ef3ac2a6b1e628d660f490dad1d8da56
 
x86_64:
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm     babd91275f37950d71df1992ba3e6cc3
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

249001 - traceroute incorrectly reports MPLS information in ICMP unreachable as icmp checksum wrong
464044 - TRACEROUTE -F SHOULD NOT INCREASE PACKET REASSEMBLE FAILURE COUNTER



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