RHBA-2009:1370 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated CVS package that fixes two bugs is now available.

Description

Concurrent Version System (CVS) is a version control system that can record
the history of your files.

This updated package fixes the following two bugs:

• mismatches between hosts sometimes caused the CVS client to present

incorrect credentials to servers with gserver authentication. This update
ensures the correct credentials are supplied by confirming the IP address
of the currently-connected server so that host mismatch does not occur.
(BZ#473245)

• attempting to process large numbers of files with long names caused

problems with some scripts due to lengthy command line arguments. This
problem has been resolved by adding the possibility of passing arguments
through standard input. (BZ#462062)

All users of cvs 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 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

• BZ - 462062 - cvs tag hits the arguments limits
• BZ - 473245 - cvs/GSSAPI with DNS-loadbalanced clusters

CVEs

(none)

References

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