RHBA-2010:0726 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated mailman package that fixes various bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Mailman is a program used to help manage email discussion lists.

This updated mailman package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• Previously, the /etc/smrsh/mailman symbolic link used an absolute path, which

may have not work properly in a chroot environment. This error has been fixed,
and the symbolic link now uses a relative path. (BZ#290661)

• When an email could not be parsed, it may have been lost and the remaining

messages may have been stuck in the queue. With this update, such problematic
messages are preserved, and the message queue is processed as expected.
(BZ#453377)

• If the original Cc: field contained an address that spanned across multiple

lines, mailman was not able to parse it correctly, causing the resulting address
to be invalid. This error has been fixed, and email addresses are now parsed as
expected. (BZ#461707)

• When changing an email address using the web interface, confirming the change

may have caused the subscribed user to be presented with a traceback error. This
has been corrected, and an informative message is now displayed instead.
(BZ#515157)

• In accordance with current guidelines, all Python executables have been

updated to use "#!/usr/bin/python" instead of "#!/usr/bin/env python".
(BZ#521888)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these
issues.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 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 - 290661 - Mailman should use relative symlink in /etc/smrsh
• BZ - 461707 - mailman breaks CC field incorrectly
• BZ - 515157 - Traceback when globally changing email address
• BZ - 521888 - Fix instances of #!/usr/bin/env python in mailman

CVEs

(none)

References

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