openSUSE Recommended Update: libpcap fixes a wrong packets truncation ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0665-1 Rating: low References: #674278 #694779 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: tcpdump/libpcap does not use snaplen correctly and sometimes captures less bytes then requested. This update also fixes captures on bonding interfaces. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch libpcap-4674 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch libpcap-4674 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): libpcap-devel-1.1.1-5.6.1 libpcap1-1.1.1-5.6.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): libpcap1-32bit-1.1.1-5.6.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): libpcap-devel-1.1.1-2.3.1 libpcap1-1.1.1-2.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64): libpcap1-32bit-1.1.1-2.3.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/674278 https://bugzilla.novell.com/694779