RHBA-2010:0436 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gnome-vfs2 packages that fix a regression from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.4 are now available.

Description

GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It is the foundation of the
Nautilus file manager. It provides a modular architecture and ships with
several modules that implement support for file systems, http, ftp, and
others. It provides a URI-based API, backend supporting asynchronous file
operations, a MIME type manipulation library, and other features.

This update addresses the following regression from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.4:

• when extracted from the Uniform Resource Identifier, gnome-vfs returned

escaped file paths. If the path, as stored in the URI, contained non-ASCII
characters or some ASCII characters which are parsed as something other
than file path (eg spaces), the escaped path was inaccurate and could lead
gnome-vfs to error.

For example, if an unescaped path contained a space -- eg /home/user/work
folder/letter.odt -- trying to move "letter.odt" to the Trash using
Nautilus resulted in an alert box presenting as follows:

Error "Not on the same file system" while deleting

Clicking the default "Retry" button did not result in the file being moved
to the Trash. The practical consequence: this bug meant files with paths
that included spaces could not be deleted using Nautilus.

With this update, gnome-vfs properly properly unescapes paths when the path
is required for a system call. The paths are, consequently, parsed properly
and errors such as the example above no longer occur. (BZ#589874)

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 - 589874 - Cannot delete folder contents if the name of the folder contains spaces

CVEs

(none)

References

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