Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1322 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-09-21
Updated:
2011-09-21

RHBA-2011:1322 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

busybox bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated busybox packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

BusyBox combines versions of common utilities into a single executable. BusyBox
provides replacements for most GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the msh applet had an extremely limited buffer for

storing the results of the process substitution. As a result, the msh applet
exited with the error message "out of string space" when the shell tried to
execute process substitutions of about 15 kilobytes or more. With this update,
the buffer size is limited by the amount of available memory. (BZ#693722)

  • Prior to this update, the msh applet incorrectly executed the "while" loop

with an empty body. As a result, the msh applet could not exit the loop even if
the loop condition was false. With this update, this loop construct works
correctly. (BZ#739042)

All BusyBox users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8f04e4154263b94d71133a4761486c4b3e2d7b491c0e67f9d51a9b145348f5ba
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f0d3736ba91543954f20a2ddd2d2cbad2344772cb0cf8d9376f350022a03695d
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d328bd548b1d3091433d9fec1a9d8ade2146124777bfeda33d7cf5fd43926bd1
ia64
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 79fe8817a03761e9443021e528ab6a6b177eb34f2117cb0658824a669b75b236
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c3a4b2dfb232c90149c99e97adb53f460823c716702763d96714f4e2ad7c85bb
i386
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ef2480a24de878dd5598921789754e48e41cacb152e4c1c691967bedf860724
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e539790c017f8435d977aefefd3c57f07d3c7ec4485bb6ba310120dc8cd44cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8f04e4154263b94d71133a4761486c4b3e2d7b491c0e67f9d51a9b145348f5ba
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f0d3736ba91543954f20a2ddd2d2cbad2344772cb0cf8d9376f350022a03695d
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d328bd548b1d3091433d9fec1a9d8ade2146124777bfeda33d7cf5fd43926bd1
ia64
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 79fe8817a03761e9443021e528ab6a6b177eb34f2117cb0658824a669b75b236
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c3a4b2dfb232c90149c99e97adb53f460823c716702763d96714f4e2ad7c85bb
i386
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ef2480a24de878dd5598921789754e48e41cacb152e4c1c691967bedf860724
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e539790c017f8435d977aefefd3c57f07d3c7ec4485bb6ba310120dc8cd44cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8f04e4154263b94d71133a4761486c4b3e2d7b491c0e67f9d51a9b145348f5ba
s390x
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b3f01eff2106563899974fcab52f5bc9bee35bd89e85d68e9c40719ecd9d3706
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bbacdac4c7e9a7c5c8428d8c772bc6aa8d9594d9e3812f49e3a75cb0c47aed4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8f04e4154263b94d71133a4761486c4b3e2d7b491c0e67f9d51a9b145348f5ba
ppc
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: c5a831b6fe541143d2b35c2bcd716c4764aa60a02df032569d995d1c5623bfb9
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 16c8693f303e78308e00f27e8c8315d8d3493eff76d59606c9765cbf43af057e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8f04e4154263b94d71133a4761486c4b3e2d7b491c0e67f9d51a9b145348f5ba
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f0d3736ba91543954f20a2ddd2d2cbad2344772cb0cf8d9376f350022a03695d
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d328bd548b1d3091433d9fec1a9d8ade2146124777bfeda33d7cf5fd43926bd1
i386
busybox-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ef2480a24de878dd5598921789754e48e41cacb152e4c1c691967bedf860724
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-8.el5_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e539790c017f8435d977aefefd3c57f07d3c7ec4485bb6ba310120dc8cd44cb

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