RHBA-2013:0098 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libtalloc packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The libtalloc packages provide a library that implements a hierarchical memory
allocator with destructors.

The libtalloc packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.0.7, which
provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#855862)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• The talloc() hierarchical allocator did not ensure that the child pointers of

a pointer did not become invalid during memory freeing operation. Consequently,
processes that use the talloc library, such as the spoolss process of samba,
could have terminated with a segmentation fault. The underlying source code has
been modified and talloc() no longer causes Samba to fail in this situation.
(BZ#837853, BZ#855387)

All libtalloc users 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 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

CVEs

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References

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