- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHBA-2008:0883 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
traceroute bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated traceroute package that fixes two bugs is now available.
Description
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
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 - 249001 - traceroute incorrectly reports MPLS information in ICMP unreachable as icmp checksum wrong
- BZ - 464044 - TRACEROUTE -F SHOULD NOT INCREASE PACKET REASSEMBLE FAILURE COUNTER
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7409bcdba1b0e52bc34d025436ff8ef90ef7f026a49c062f196bed3ce1301c43 |
x86_64 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e48e625eaf8cd0bc26dc860a7eb282414fc6e1292955db7749709e816e072f5 |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e48e625eaf8cd0bc26dc860a7eb282414fc6e1292955db7749709e816e072f5 |
ia64 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c15724a4a03da60d4ee5bdf0d37652dedcfd49b1716ed8b14146ad8c6528811c |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c15724a4a03da60d4ee5bdf0d37652dedcfd49b1716ed8b14146ad8c6528811c |
i386 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9e2da08ed891f89002a6273346113e515d38be668deb02cd7c2157d41c1aecd |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9e2da08ed891f89002a6273346113e515d38be668deb02cd7c2157d41c1aecd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7409bcdba1b0e52bc34d025436ff8ef90ef7f026a49c062f196bed3ce1301c43 |
x86_64 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e48e625eaf8cd0bc26dc860a7eb282414fc6e1292955db7749709e816e072f5 |
ia64 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c15724a4a03da60d4ee5bdf0d37652dedcfd49b1716ed8b14146ad8c6528811c |
i386 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9e2da08ed891f89002a6273346113e515d38be668deb02cd7c2157d41c1aecd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7409bcdba1b0e52bc34d025436ff8ef90ef7f026a49c062f196bed3ce1301c43 |
x86_64 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e48e625eaf8cd0bc26dc860a7eb282414fc6e1292955db7749709e816e072f5 |
i386 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9e2da08ed891f89002a6273346113e515d38be668deb02cd7c2157d41c1aecd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7409bcdba1b0e52bc34d025436ff8ef90ef7f026a49c062f196bed3ce1301c43 |
s390x | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f8427837a22baa8db3b190c366d262e9a675c28fa45c3e77bdce1640cca9b788 |
s390 | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 8362f6b6293a5c419db5101a6104689b0517fc4686f3638a44e9ef8d00807d5c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7409bcdba1b0e52bc34d025436ff8ef90ef7f026a49c062f196bed3ce1301c43 |
ppc | |
traceroute-1.4a12-27.EL4.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 88dacdcf0455348d5fe752a616ac87e7c86d517fb0f1b7ae1bafe985150c7cb1 |
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