RHBA-2009:1593 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated bogl packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

Ben's Own Graphics Library (BOGL) is a small graphics library for Linux
kernel frame buffers. It supports only very simple graphics. The bogl
packages also include bterm, a Unicode-capable terminal program for the
Linux frame buffer.

These updated packages provide a fix for the following bug:

• when editing a file with vi from within the bterm console, a SIGSEGV

error could occur, causing both vi and bterm to crash. This update adds a
check that keeps "yorig" from equaling -1, which prevents the underlying
memory reference error occurring. (BZ#517957)

All bogl users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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

CVEs

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References

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