RHBA-2013:0015 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kbd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system,
including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals and font files.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the "bin/unicode_start" script was called twice. As a

consequence, "unicode_start" with environment variables set to
"BASH_ENV=~/.bashrc" and "TERM=linux" could enter an infinite loop. This update
modifies the "/etc/unicode_start" init script so that "unicode_start" is now
called once and no longer causes a loop. (BZ#622981)

All users of kbd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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 - 622981 - Running unicode_start can hang system

CVEs

(none)

References

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