- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHEA-2009:0055 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
jwhois enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated jwhois package that contains an updated default configuration
file is available.
Description
The jwhois package is a whois client, used for obtaining information about
domain names and IP addresses from whois servers.
This updated package provides the following enhancements:
- jwhois did not previously contain details of a whois server for .eu
domains, so whois queries for these domains would be directed to
whois.internic.net. Because whois.internic.net does not contain information
on .eu domains, the query would fail. The configuration file contained in
this updated jwhois package directs queries about .eu domains to whois.eu,
which correctly returns information on these domains.
- jwhois did not previously contain details of a recent whois server for
.jp domains, so whois queries for these domains would be directed to
whois.internic.net. Because whois.internic.net does not contain information
on .eu domains, the query would fail. The configuration file contained in
this updated jwhois package directs queries about .jp domains to shared
whois.jp, which correctly handles all JPNIC IP address and .jp queries.
Additionally:
- The configuration file is updated to match the version in the upstream
CVS at the end of March 2005. This includes redirections for IPv6 numbers,
updates the URLs of several whois servers, and provides new or extra IP
addresses for others.
All users should upgrade to this updated package.
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/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 151757 - jp domain whois server has changed
- BZ - 199261 - jwhois doesn't know about whois.eu
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 176b60a4220fddef9a68aa9eca4ac9275468260babbb6d2d730eb400bfd28af5 |
x86_64 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5fc48f0db18131fa250805e98e79f870b76600c9be23c1fb3043d83b23d6ceab |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5fc48f0db18131fa250805e98e79f870b76600c9be23c1fb3043d83b23d6ceab |
ia64 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b544aa1de58e4ec375e2d524da06cef8c287afe7407fbd64e295b771ff6bb3a7 |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b544aa1de58e4ec375e2d524da06cef8c287afe7407fbd64e295b771ff6bb3a7 |
i386 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f93c5e4e14c4048af229ea03c302257a3466db8bd9b5eb4ec992ad7f9345423 |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f93c5e4e14c4048af229ea03c302257a3466db8bd9b5eb4ec992ad7f9345423 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 176b60a4220fddef9a68aa9eca4ac9275468260babbb6d2d730eb400bfd28af5 |
x86_64 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5fc48f0db18131fa250805e98e79f870b76600c9be23c1fb3043d83b23d6ceab |
ia64 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b544aa1de58e4ec375e2d524da06cef8c287afe7407fbd64e295b771ff6bb3a7 |
i386 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f93c5e4e14c4048af229ea03c302257a3466db8bd9b5eb4ec992ad7f9345423 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 176b60a4220fddef9a68aa9eca4ac9275468260babbb6d2d730eb400bfd28af5 |
x86_64 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5fc48f0db18131fa250805e98e79f870b76600c9be23c1fb3043d83b23d6ceab |
i386 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f93c5e4e14c4048af229ea03c302257a3466db8bd9b5eb4ec992ad7f9345423 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 176b60a4220fddef9a68aa9eca4ac9275468260babbb6d2d730eb400bfd28af5 |
s390x | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 05e9138bf1aef7b9befa0e014005b61f60d6093d972fd0a412e8441f4095bfee |
s390 | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: d8b84df3307bceb74247319e7e3bb26241baee5505760afa31a2355b4b27211d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 176b60a4220fddef9a68aa9eca4ac9275468260babbb6d2d730eb400bfd28af5 |
ppc | |
jwhois-3.2.2-15.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: dbd7589206d6996f1e94916534cd49a1c8aea3d2e6bad023bdeed66655a4f7fa |
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