- Issued:
- 2012-08-21
- Updated:
- 2012-08-21
RHBA-2012:1183 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
iprutils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated iprutils package that fixes a bug now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The iprutils package provides utilities to manage and configure SCSI devices
that are supported by the IBM Power RAID SCSI storage device driver.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, a buffer overflow bug caused the iprconfig utility to terminate
unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when displaying detailed information of a
disk device. A patch has been provided to address this issue and iprconfig no
longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#849556)
All users of iprutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes this bug.
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/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
iprutils-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f420c6193cf23f6f1456594382276be5dab16adfa8a33c8412e3e52d71b33bbe |
ppc64 | |
iprutils-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 866d96614593f5317f4713f1f3074d2aa4cc68c633a494e2417a6e0843a18dac |
iprutils-debuginfo-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 742682012252e64deb77a5d52c137d0a625a10eee46723e0165836686e696ade |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3
SRPM | |
---|---|
iprutils-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f420c6193cf23f6f1456594382276be5dab16adfa8a33c8412e3e52d71b33bbe |
ppc64 | |
iprutils-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 866d96614593f5317f4713f1f3074d2aa4cc68c633a494e2417a6e0843a18dac |
iprutils-debuginfo-2.3.9-2.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 742682012252e64deb77a5d52c137d0a625a10eee46723e0165836686e696ade |
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