Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0570 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-07-28
Updated:
2010-07-28

RHBA-2010:0570 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

tcsh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated tcsh package that fixes the issue of a null pointer dereference in
proc cwd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Description

Tcsh is an enhanced and compatible version of the C shell (csh). Tcsh is a
command language interpreter, which can be used as an interactive login shell,
as well as a shell script command processor.

This updated tcsh package resolves the following issue:

  • when using the tcsh shell, a null pointer dereference in proc cwd could occur

on some terms and cause a crash of the shell. This update provides a fix to the
relevant part of the source code.

All tcsh users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
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 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
x86_64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
ia64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a362c20182f2778f96cb3f7d39d58f11e7ab6f162062d53d4b84a1a99e2acece
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a362c20182f2778f96cb3f7d39d58f11e7ab6f162062d53d4b84a1a99e2acece
i386
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
x86_64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
ia64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a362c20182f2778f96cb3f7d39d58f11e7ab6f162062d53d4b84a1a99e2acece
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a362c20182f2778f96cb3f7d39d58f11e7ab6f162062d53d4b84a1a99e2acece
i386
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
x86_64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
ia64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a362c20182f2778f96cb3f7d39d58f11e7ab6f162062d53d4b84a1a99e2acece
i386
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
x86_64
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8189dddf67cfd3cb15d314d87cfd8db09929e6d175a46ddc529f78d872558005
i386
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c077ba4ad1b37e55531ee57230dc900e3cd5b9fcc24204e8c7a5ac446d303964

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
s390x
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 03bdbca2de54bb4176d48052ad08d08f3e31812d6549871906348608054c20a3
s390
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 0392ac3e2947c4a718fc1823e5c2ca6f8868806604671e3fa9c04d73359d2e3b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
s390x
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 03bdbca2de54bb4176d48052ad08d08f3e31812d6549871906348608054c20a3
s390
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 0392ac3e2947c4a718fc1823e5c2ca6f8868806604671e3fa9c04d73359d2e3b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
ppc
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bf94d9c8de35f0eb993983f8ddb10b01bfcf32e3cc030bf4b9f082cb88e8f2ac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: d1b342390dfa6d4d71bf004347710d2554fc48dc5cf7928bb75f541e79f11cc6
ppc
tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bf94d9c8de35f0eb993983f8ddb10b01bfcf32e3cc030bf4b9f082cb88e8f2ac

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