RHBA-2014:1556 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libproxy packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libproxy library handles all the details of proxy configuration. It provides
a stable external API, dynamic adjustment to changing network topology, small
core footprint, without external dependencies within libproxy core (though
libproxy plug-ins may have dependencies).

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the libproxy utility attempted to locate the /etc/proxy.conf file

from the current working directory. Consequently, the configuration file was not
always found. This bug has been fixed and libproxy now locates /etc/proxy.conf
as expected. (BZ#802765)

• A flaw was found in the way libproxy handled the downloading of proxy

auto-configuration (PAC) files. Consequently, programs using libproxy terminated
unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when processing PAC files that contained
syntax errors. With this update, the handling of PAC files has been fixed in
libproxy, thus preventing the segmentation fault. (BZ#874492)

• Due to a bug in the libproxy packages, the "reporter-upload" command used by

Automatic Bug Reporting Tool terminated unexpectedly if given an "scp" URL that
did not contain a password. This bug has been fixed, and reporter-upload no
longer crashes in the aforementioned scenario. (BZ#979356)

Users of libproxy 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/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

Fixes

• BZ - 1101426 - rebuild libproxy 0.3.0 against new webkitgtk

CVEs

(none)

References

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