RHBA-2009:1071 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated php-pear package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

The PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR) is a framework and
distribution system for reusable PHP components.

This updated php-pear package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• installing certain PHP components using the /usr/bin/pecl command

resulted in failures and error message similar to the following:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of [amount] bytes exhausted

This updated php-pear package increases the amount of system memory
available to the /usr/bin/pecl command with the result that PHP components
which previously failed to install due to out-of-memory errors now install
cleanly and without error. (BZ#460072)

• attempting to install a PHP component using PEAR's /usr/bin/pecl command

resulted in an error message stating that pecl needed access to the
"phpize" command, and therefore could not continue with the install. The
phpize utility is used to prepare the build environment for a PHP
extension. This issue has been resolved by adding a dependency on the
php-devel package to the php-pear package, with the result that installing
components with pecl should now complete as expected, and without having to
chase any further dependencies. (BZ#482974)

• the /usr/bin/pear command emitted warnings when the global

"error_reporting" PHP configuration variable was set to the value
"E_STRICT". The E_STRICT error-reporting level was introduced into PHP and
PEAR following the release of PHP 5, and has the aim of ensuring that the
package is strictly PHP 5-compatible. With this updated package,
/usr/bin/pear no longer emits warnings when the error-reporting level is
set to E_STRICT. (BZ#461142)

All users of php-pear are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves 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/docs/DOC-11259

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 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

• BZ - 460072 - pecl command needs more memory on a 64bit box
• BZ - 461142 - PEAR.php does not pass STRICT mode php checking
• BZ - 482974 - php-pear should depend on php-devel

CVEs

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References

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