RHBA-2009:0960 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated bash package that fixes several bugs is now available.

Description

Bash is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

These updated bash packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• under certain conditions (such as when calling a bash script on a slow

NFS share) the bash signal-handling code caused bash to return the
following error message: "/bin/sh: bad interpreter: Interrupted system
call". In this updated package, bash handles the signals correctly,
therefore allowing scripts to complete successfully under these conditions.

• the bash package included an examples/loadables directory with a

Makefile. This caused file conflicts between various architectures. This
updated package does not contain this examples/loadables directory.

All users of bash are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

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 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 - 448905 - file conflict between ia64/i386 versions of bash

CVEs

(none)

References

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