RHBA-2011:0453 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-server-utils package that fixes one bug is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-server-utils package contains a collection of utilities used to
modify and query the runtime configuration of the X.Org server. X.Org is an open
source implementation of the X Window System.

This update fixes the following bug:

• A previous advisory, the RHSA-2011:0433 xorg-x11-server-utils security update,

applied a backported patch to fix a flaw in the X server resource database
utility, xrdb. While this patch resolved the security issue, it also introduced
an error in the macro expansion mechanism. Consequent to this, an attempt to run
the xrdb utility could fail with the following messages written to standard
error:

sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

With this update, the underlying source code has been adapted to correct the
macro expansion mechanism, and the xrdb utility now works as expected.
(BZ#696310)

All users of xorg-x11-server-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which fixes this bug. Note that all running instances of the X.Org
server must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 696310 - xorg-x11-server-utils: xrdb regression introduced by the CVE-2011-0465 fix [rhel-6]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)