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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:1436 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-11-08
Updated:
2012-11-08

RHBA-2012:1436 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

ftp bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated ftp packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ftp packages provide the standard UNIX command line File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) client. FTP is a widely used protocol for transferring files over the
Internet, and for archiving files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the command line width in the ftp client was limited to 200

characters. With this update, the maximum possible length of the FTP command
line is extended to 4296 characters. (BZ#871059)

  • Prior to this update, "append", "put", and "send" commands were causing system

memory to leak. The memory holding the ftp command was not freed appropriately.
With this update, the underlying source code has been improved to correctly free
the system resources and the memory leaks are no longer present. (BZ#871071)

  • Previously, if a macro longer than 200 characters was defined and then used

after a connection, the ftp client crashed due to a buffer overflow. With this
update, the underlying source code was updated and the buffer that holds memory
for the macro name was extended. It now matches the length of the command line
limit mentioned above. As a result, the ftp client no longer crashes when a
macro with a long name is executed. (BZ#871546)

All users of ftp 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742
i386
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22e26ee23c932a9cf68ccd29eabc9ced96e2f74e56b0cd9ea82dca7ac5d1b3a4
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 087f4a9394134915d33bc528eb10077898ddfdab61fab25f4dd00de123f7a7c1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
s390x
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 67ed7ce2c3d3d1e5673394681171b69e5b154da9a71cf5e445adbb973ca78182
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 37ddfeaf07449f1d971ff17b632cbcf6013549a753c9dc025ef6f3bd332eafc1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
ppc64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 21c9c7c8f5f521d2db68754750473ba005a955b942e530775eff8f9fc44ec7df
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 14733fa155de7b5a807e5db2b1a526b5198e7a1570b557d492a6c2a407b71071

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742
i386
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22e26ee23c932a9cf68ccd29eabc9ced96e2f74e56b0cd9ea82dca7ac5d1b3a4
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 087f4a9394134915d33bc528eb10077898ddfdab61fab25f4dd00de123f7a7c1

Red Hat Storage 2.0

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742

Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742

Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2

SRPM
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b15bab9ba3e3a411cb2840fc843dbe029af65d96ff48f9aca238102f02f29153
x86_64
ftp-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 85130853996c0fe993435478720126992e3ddcc29be02c8cb51a865570adbc73
ftp-debuginfo-0.17-51.1.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 782c3c57404def6cb231fc2d492c34a290024f6c8cb265f5c5893b131c876742

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