Recommended update for libpcap
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libpcap
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.
Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0034-1 |
Rating: | moderate |
References: | #711089 #793597 |
Affected Products: |
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