Synopsis
iputils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
View affected systems
Topic
An updated iputils package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including
ping.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, the arping utility read a broadcast address from a file on the
sysfs file system. On some systems, that file could be unavailable, which
resulted in a critical error. This update provides a fallback logic that uses a
default value if the aforementioned file is not readable. As a result, arping no
longer exits with a critical error and works as expected. (BZ#968342)
All iputils users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fix 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/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4 s390x
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4 ppc64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
-
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1 x86_64
-
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1 x86_64
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
-
BZ - 968342
- arping is not compatible with network namespaces
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
s390x |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a324a3cf399c9c68beba598493552d4d32325455f616c0dfad4fefe263fdefac |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a8129721d9a9e2dd27ccd0b45bf4ec4d37519e35f255d57fc3b457de8de60fc2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
s390x |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a324a3cf399c9c68beba598493552d4d32325455f616c0dfad4fefe263fdefac |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a8129721d9a9e2dd27ccd0b45bf4ec4d37519e35f255d57fc3b457de8de60fc2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
ppc64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
|
SHA-256: b223013ae42a95daf61fd087e1b9587fa21091d542a2f51a0692104fd718a6c0 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
|
SHA-256: b60d7c409da8c44c37518b6b944e42aaedf35b6804f39e3393ff8ac919f8ff9f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
ppc64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
|
SHA-256: b223013ae42a95daf61fd087e1b9587fa21091d542a2f51a0692104fd718a6c0 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
|
SHA-256: b60d7c409da8c44c37518b6b944e42aaedf35b6804f39e3393ff8ac919f8ff9f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
i386 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 0832d45a7ed3f1edfd9cd30656fa238e782e4e9bf9846ebfcca0f45d8665a24e |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: 6e86005f234993f1edb256171b531c9d1f33fff7a203e11d89c6d938a861ae1a |
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
s390x |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a324a3cf399c9c68beba598493552d4d32325455f616c0dfad4fefe263fdefac |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.s390x.rpm
|
SHA-256: a8129721d9a9e2dd27ccd0b45bf4ec4d37519e35f255d57fc3b457de8de60fc2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 60358394e925f64f887eecd2a16c155ff23b1b32252e68946a1865b1246fb0ea |
x86_64 |
iputils-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: c466bfcfa53661c8848578845eb562771229740db1a4a028cc866054f154c795 |
iputils-debuginfo-20071127-17.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
|
SHA-256: d5e4c0c51818c05fb4c6e07bb036e558bb97149f476edf68efeec85699b2b7a6 |