Synopsis

expect bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated expect package that fixes multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The "expect" package contains a tool for automating and testing interactive
command line programs and Tk applications. Tcl is a portable and widely used
scripting language, while Tk is a graphical toolkit that eases development of
text-based and GUI applications.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the expect(1) manual page was not formatted properly. As

a result, the content of the manual page was not readable. The formatting has
been corrected to ensure easy readability. (BZ#674866)

• Prior to this update, the passmass script did not call the "su" binary with

the full path (/bin/su). The passmass script has been modified to call "/bin/su"
rather than "su", which is more secure. (BZ#735962)

• Due to incorrect characters matching, applications created by the autoexpect

utility could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this
update, the number of characters is matched correctly and applications created
by autoexpect run successfully. (BZ#742911)

• Previously, the expect-devel subpackage contained a symbolic link to the

expect library, which led to an unnecessary dependency. With this update, the
link is located in the expect package. (BZ#782859)

All users of expect are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs.

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 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 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 674866 - Man page is bad formatted
• BZ - 742911 - Core dump when run script
• BZ - 782859 - expect.i386 is not available for RHEL 6 x86_64

CVEs

(none)

References

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