Recommended update for libpcap
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libpcap
This update for libpcap fixes an issue that caused high CPU
utilization when a network interface was restarted during
packet capture.
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0722-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #803199 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.
Description:
This update for libpcap fixes an issue that caused high CPU
utilization when a network interface was restarted during
packet capture.
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-7458 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcap-7458 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libpcap-7458 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libpcap-7458
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-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libpcap0-32bit-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ia64):
- libpcap0-x86-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- libpcap0-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libpcap0-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- libpcap0-0.9.8-50.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- libpcap0-32bit-0.9.8-50.10.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/803199
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=4f25b55ef50fbe21425fc9e574158be8