Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2008:0651 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2008:0651 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

xterm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It
provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs
that cannot use the window system directly.

Due to the xterm binary having a set group ID (setgid) bit set, certain
environment variables, such as "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" and "TMPDIR", were unset.
In this updated package, the xterm binary has mode 0755 permissions, which
resolves this issue.

Users of xterm are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
x86_64
xterm-215-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3200c3588b1a393d7c8297ee59a9f74688654f50b512e08f2043f5e51a89a4e3
ia64
xterm-215-8.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f93affa9ca02e629f5cee403b2dcb683882daeee9919c6846e8cfe114bfffbcc
i386
xterm-215-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c99df8556ec18fa8dc6639f7e83f584d5e8dc990802260af00a0c9ffe70e05c9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
x86_64
xterm-215-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3200c3588b1a393d7c8297ee59a9f74688654f50b512e08f2043f5e51a89a4e3
i386
xterm-215-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c99df8556ec18fa8dc6639f7e83f584d5e8dc990802260af00a0c9ffe70e05c9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
x86_64
xterm-215-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3200c3588b1a393d7c8297ee59a9f74688654f50b512e08f2043f5e51a89a4e3
i386
xterm-215-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c99df8556ec18fa8dc6639f7e83f584d5e8dc990802260af00a0c9ffe70e05c9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
s390x
xterm-215-8.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e385faee657da989558a45f52b74d3bd19c95ade857e5b0650d3985db062c440

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
ppc
xterm-215-8.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 10bff08908513ffca76a5c993deab30412278a56a6f5bfc794dd2a99542269e3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
xterm-215-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: c880971f9104b322524d431a3f2d8ca5e47ba063f2f315fa17319147fdaed770
x86_64
xterm-215-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3200c3588b1a393d7c8297ee59a9f74688654f50b512e08f2043f5e51a89a4e3
i386
xterm-215-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c99df8556ec18fa8dc6639f7e83f584d5e8dc990802260af00a0c9ffe70e05c9

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