RHBA-2011:1484 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated groff packages that fix this bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

Groff is a document formatting system. Groff takes standard text and formatting
commands as input and produces formatted output.

These updated groff packages fix the following bug:

• Prior to this update groff did not have full path commands in some places and

used PATH variables when invoking external binaries. When opening a man page in
a restricted shell environment the man page would not be displayed or an
erroneous error message, "old character encoding and/or character set",
appeared. With this update, groff now uses fully defined paths when invoking
external binaries. As a result the man pages can now be displayed in a
restricted shell environment. (BZ#448158)

All users of groff are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, 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 - 448158 - Nroff script attempts to use PATH commands as opposed to fully-defined ones.

CVEs

(none)

References

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