RHBA-2012:0432 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell by David Korn of AT&T Bell
Laboratories. KornShell is a shell programming language which is also compatible
with sh, the original Bourne Shell.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, ksh did not expand the tilde (~) character properly. For example,

characters in the tilde prefix were not treated as a login name but as a part of
the path and the "No such file or directory" message was displayed. The
underlying source code has been modified and tilde expansion now works as
expected in such a scenario. (BZ#805459)

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

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 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 - 805459 - Tilda expansion failing in ksh

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)