RHBA-2013:0316 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated environment-modules packages that fix several bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The environment-modules packages provide for the dynamic modification of a
user's environment using modulefiles. Each modulefile contains the information
needed to configure the shell for an application. Once the package is
initialized, the environment can be modified on a per-module basis using the
module command which interprets modulefiles.

The environment-modules package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.2.9c,
which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#765630)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to an error in the Tcl library, some allocated pointers were invalidated

inside the library. Consequently, running the "module switch" command in the
tcsh shell led to a segmentation fault. The bug has been fixed and the system
memory is now allocated and pointed to correctly. (BZ#818177)

• Previously, the /usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/modules file contained an

incorrect path. Consequently, an error occurred when the "module load modules"
command was executed. With this update, the incorrect path has been replaced and
the described error no longer occurs. (BZ#848865)

All users of environment-modules 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 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 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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 765630 - Please update to modules 3.2.9c

CVEs

(none)

References

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