Bug Fix Advisory tcpdump bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0114-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-01-20
Last updated on: 2009-01-20
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated tcpdump packages that fix a bug are now available.

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

These updated packages resolve the following issue:

* the libpcap library incorrectly counted received packets twice, which
caused tcpdump to display an incorrect value on exit. In these updated
packages, libpcap correctly counts the number of received packets, thus
resolving this issue.

Users of tcpdump are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.src.rpm     44699e19b8d63a87e4221b05cb94a082
 
IA-32:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.i386.rpm     b39b7944a57bed0cbe232373b543be64
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     28c87d6c33ec60dc0447cb4a6d8f36b3
 
x86_64:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.x86_64.rpm     2ad4e81d2f70170cd2f9a39b16d055fc
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     28c87d6c33ec60dc0447cb4a6d8f36b3
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     7a166e8e1c434c35bacc9cd16e12ffff
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.src.rpm     44699e19b8d63a87e4221b05cb94a082
 
IA-32:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.i386.rpm     b39b7944a57bed0cbe232373b543be64
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     332b964864ebc9631b510aecf67c9ade
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     28c87d6c33ec60dc0447cb4a6d8f36b3
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     f1941335663d51e4add5cd3f7682384e
 
IA-64:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.ia64.rpm     7e1c0161fe6c90ad01732ff6784a3270
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.ia64.rpm     3c1ab6a2ba6484dcf838f15b7d216e82
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.ia64.rpm     20f995e927bce5404c51c24e2bc26204
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.ia64.rpm     dadbd067ec291154630bd662ec5d9bf8
 
PPC:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.ppc.rpm     6b602708b3bc70c77de8507675513866
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.ppc.rpm     e2e5a804fd03bbc914c5fd9384fb0f0d
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.ppc64.rpm     c0e8a30def06abbfc17841b2cad515da
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.ppc.rpm     2b7be0002db35f9b4872380817ddfbaa
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.ppc64.rpm     1dfd098cba5234c54dc1dc4343e3263f
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.ppc.rpm     378d76ae8774512b45ecc31807134634
 
s390x:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.s390x.rpm     6d483e98c4e851b797863bfb7d1366e3
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.s390.rpm     d7da757a493330ee9c5bc0f3659fd0b9
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.s390x.rpm     53968ee7d92845f1a12b3df69dd446a5
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.s390.rpm     8f9818003a7a687c1f054b9db27d5120
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.s390x.rpm     7f5ed3dc8fd78fac6ddd5bfcdced55d7
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.s390x.rpm     a1a02f1bca355aaf9d3e933d3cfe3ad7
 
x86_64:
arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5.x86_64.rpm     2ad4e81d2f70170cd2f9a39b16d055fc
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     332b964864ebc9631b510aecf67c9ade
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     773872172b34e5ad95b6eefe8c186f4a
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     28c87d6c33ec60dc0447cb4a6d8f36b3
libpcap-devel-0.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     7a166e8e1c434c35bacc9cd16e12ffff
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     e0017e584b0b33295dd69fc59e625eb7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.src.rpm     44699e19b8d63a87e4221b05cb94a082
 
IA-32:
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     332b964864ebc9631b510aecf67c9ade
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     f1941335663d51e4add5cd3f7682384e
 
x86_64:
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.i386.rpm     332b964864ebc9631b510aecf67c9ade
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     773872172b34e5ad95b6eefe8c186f4a
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5.x86_64.rpm     e0017e584b0b33295dd69fc59e625eb7
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

441446 - double-count received packets


Keywords

tcpdump


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