Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:1078 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-06-03
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:1078 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

readline bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The Readline library provides a set of functions that allow users to edit
command lines.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

  • readline failed to re-allocate the array used to keep track of wrapped

screen lines. For a long enough input line, this resulted in an invalid
pointer error and a segmentation fault crash. With this update, the array
is properly re-allocated and the crash no longer occurs. (BZ#473359)

All Readline users should 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/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 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
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
x86_64
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 983a187819981ec19c87c394e4a4eb12ba0188d17daac939b317f84cf89b3f2d
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d7dc769164edf69c4bd79aaf29c15150fe74ba391b7a279890307575f0a6cde
ia64
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-5.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7b4c06cd5b199f1688d09723a93b372edaee1ce28d18b2ee658840541cea3c8c
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8e25494a81696b2fd3ef9b391a72ecad069daf382b4b8f84e8177f1a044391ac
i386
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
x86_64
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 983a187819981ec19c87c394e4a4eb12ba0188d17daac939b317f84cf89b3f2d
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d7dc769164edf69c4bd79aaf29c15150fe74ba391b7a279890307575f0a6cde
i386
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
x86_64
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 983a187819981ec19c87c394e4a4eb12ba0188d17daac939b317f84cf89b3f2d
i386
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
s390x
readline-5.1-3.el5.s390.rpm SHA-256: 8d11660b5249179abf21b2341d1f3ba1f564e930cec110ccb8ea9ba728251da0
readline-5.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c128645d0cf4818a09e17ff88bd4fcf1345be9c90f602a8718adbb03e4cdff14
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.s390.rpm SHA-256: 5e7594c264b1cdf159835fcd811a7c5afd645310417e12be154ff31b1532f51d
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 81805068836a3f9a9dca45d35a0e406d608fd503d1aab9d303fa44b7aac48720

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
ppc
readline-5.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: cf5d0efda4d903ad226451d8561cdde077c83e21e3015439c17a3e4eb793e9c0
readline-5.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ed711f79c2701631e693d2b28a5e94298fe6f3e7f5159c4644176f4d631435ec
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2675747f030620b91f9e7cd6bf9368df93271135a12748839abe77c114cf1336
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b36bb91b6e1871fef3fe9ea40ad3fa8dbeef06dfdabaa6f062756f7c62b7883e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 61f89a3231122bb5db53118654afdb0c4abb362e1bbfbdad92fe74cd7e621c42
x86_64
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 983a187819981ec19c87c394e4a4eb12ba0188d17daac939b317f84cf89b3f2d
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d7dc769164edf69c4bd79aaf29c15150fe74ba391b7a279890307575f0a6cde
i386
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 126b0072af37aa2885d821b31c7d197753fe4dcaaa66157dee0bc20c2cd3322c
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c576c252c5bab2ab9b80fa62c583b5040ecb6b67625353c3b199e9660f2f7482

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