RHBA-2013:0948 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rpmlint packages that fix two bugs are now available.

Description

Rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in rpm packages. It can be used to
test individual packages and specific files before uploading or to check an
entire distribution. By default all applicable checks are processed but specific
checks can be performed by using command line parameters.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, an incorrect rule in rpmlint caused it to report a

"missing-lsb-keyword Default-Stop" error message for services that did not start
by default in any run level. This update corrects the rule in rpmlint, and
error messages no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#663082)

• When a package had a UTF-8 encoding error in the description, or the

description was encoded in a different character set, then rpmlint terminated
unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, rmplint returns an
error message that the description has incorrectly encoded UTF-8 data
(tag-not-utf8 error), and crashes no longer occur in the described scenario.
(BZ#958038)

Users of rpmlint 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 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 663082 - rpmlint reports missing-lsb-keyword Default-Stop
• BZ - 958038 - rpmlint doesn't handle Unicode encoding errors gracefully

CVEs

(none)

References

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