RHBA-2013:1665 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system
capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software
packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the brp-python-bytecompile script skipped those paths that

included "/usr/lib.*/python.+/" string. Consequently, when creating an RPM that
contained Python modules in paths (like
"/opt/myapp/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/mypackage/"), bytecode was not
created. The reproducer specification has been changed, and bytecode is now
created for all paths. (BZ#868332)

• When wildcard characters were used with the "%caps" tag in the spec file, the

rpmbuild utility terminated unexpectedly. The provided patch corrects the
problem by making a copy of the caps data for each file it applies to, and thus
rpmbuild no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#904818)

• Previously, when installing a package with a high (80k) number of files, the

RPM Package Manager terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. As a
workaround, the segmentation fault has been replaced with an error message when
a package with a high number of files fails to install. (BZ#919435)

• Previously the rpm program attempted to unconditionally process any

"%include" directive it found in a spec file, either leading to unwanted content
in the package or error messages. The updated rpm package properly honours
various spec conditionals for "%include". (BZ#920190)

• With this update, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 backwards-compatibility option,

"%_strict_script_errors macro", has been added. The default behavior of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 does not change with this update and users that do not demand
this option specifically are not advised to use it. (BZ#963724)

Users of rpm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs. All running applications linked against the RPM library must be restarted
for this update to take effect.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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 - 904818 - rpmbuild crashes with double free if wildcards are used with %caps in spec file
• BZ - 919435 - RPM segfaults when installing a package with huge (80k) number of files.
• BZ - 920190 - rpmbuild processes %include directive even if inside non-matching %if

CVEs

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References

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