Recommended update for libpcap

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libpcap
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0034-1
Rating: moderate
References: #711089 #793597
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for libpcap fixes handling of VLAN headers on
    devices which do hardware VLAN tagging and stripping.
    Additionally, it improves compatibility with kernels that
    don't support PACKET_RESERVE.

    Contraindications:

    None

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libpcap-7199
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcap-7199
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcap-7199
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libpcap-7199

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpcap-devel-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpcap0-32bit-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libpcap0-x86-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libpcap0-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpcap0-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libpcap0-0.9.8-50.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libpcap0-32bit-0.9.8-50.8.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/711089
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/793597
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a0b262663d087cf79358a6bfa007b548