Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:566 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2005-10-05
Updated:
2005-10-05

RHBA-2005:566 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

unix2dos bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated unix2dos package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The unix2dos program converts plain text files from UNIX line endings to
DOS line endings.

A bug that could cause unix2dos to abort has been fixed.

All users of unix2dos should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 153079 - inappropriate strcpy in unix2dos on garbage pointer

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c4c548f7c6c45227b2435c0f3f921e1eaf2009751b7a2668ece565e7e5904ba
x86_64
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: be17e25e56d9980e198e9e42fd81dfc05c05ea04dfea47991f8327575bc934ee
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: be17e25e56d9980e198e9e42fd81dfc05c05ea04dfea47991f8327575bc934ee
ia64
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bcbc8eed7ade018d90e901b791d088cae67e396a39441c4557431150ded43b28
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bcbc8eed7ade018d90e901b791d088cae67e396a39441c4557431150ded43b28
i386
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c85c76cfc22690d99e517a61a25fbf086af4e30786d155ac5d76a243fa6498e6
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c85c76cfc22690d99e517a61a25fbf086af4e30786d155ac5d76a243fa6498e6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c4c548f7c6c45227b2435c0f3f921e1eaf2009751b7a2668ece565e7e5904ba
x86_64
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: be17e25e56d9980e198e9e42fd81dfc05c05ea04dfea47991f8327575bc934ee
ia64
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bcbc8eed7ade018d90e901b791d088cae67e396a39441c4557431150ded43b28
i386
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c85c76cfc22690d99e517a61a25fbf086af4e30786d155ac5d76a243fa6498e6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c4c548f7c6c45227b2435c0f3f921e1eaf2009751b7a2668ece565e7e5904ba
x86_64
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: be17e25e56d9980e198e9e42fd81dfc05c05ea04dfea47991f8327575bc934ee
i386
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c85c76cfc22690d99e517a61a25fbf086af4e30786d155ac5d76a243fa6498e6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c4c548f7c6c45227b2435c0f3f921e1eaf2009751b7a2668ece565e7e5904ba
s390x
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fe06d711022f0dff486505821d242455060aafeb738fe2f848f70f674d571abd
s390
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 12e8c1f012b09dbb754c64ed2d4f645db1cea6cd7e6cd84ec3c1e70b327a02b6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c4c548f7c6c45227b2435c0f3f921e1eaf2009751b7a2668ece565e7e5904ba
ppc
unix2dos-2.2-24.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: cb047e3e32604eadea27c61a721d5cf4610b4a0091fc231f4193b14eb03287be

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