RHBA-2011:1372 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated aspell package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Aspell is a spelling checker that features compile-time and run-time support for
English as well as non-English languages and can spell check TeX, LaTeX, and
HTML files.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, Aspell terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault

if an empty file was checked for spelling. This bug was corrected in this update
so that Aspell now works as expected. (BZ#432347)

All users of Aspell are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

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 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 - 432347 - Aspell segfaults on empty file

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)