Issued:
2015-11-10
Updated:
2015-11-10

RHBA-2015:2003 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

gawk bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated gawk packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.

Description

The gawk packages provide the GNU version of the text processing utility awk.
Awk interprets a special-purpose programming language to do quick and easy text
pattern matching and reformatting jobs.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the gawk utility by default used the POSIX definition when

searching for the range patterns of given regular expressions. For example, the
regular expression "[A-Z]" also matched lowercase characters. However, this
behavior was not intuitive and could be confusing for the users. With this
update, gawk matches only uppercase characters when searching for affected
regular expressions. The previous behavior can be enabled if needed by using the

  • -posix parameter. (BZ#1271701)

Users of gawk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this
bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
  • 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1271701 - awk matches lowercase when searching for uppercase range

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
s390x
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 23574c19f9eed3f2b0e719f00e4b93707310c2278eadb883f694c5d96d203c69
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 54698a3efb5830e0af4cbf0326f86cf43800d6160efc374c9b494dc68804632d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
s390x
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 23574c19f9eed3f2b0e719f00e4b93707310c2278eadb883f694c5d96d203c69
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 54698a3efb5830e0af4cbf0326f86cf43800d6160efc374c9b494dc68804632d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
ppc64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 599080aff91cb7808f47156624f05dcf3b1471d0e002121e1fad7fdd1ec3a048
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 31d8f4b0489ac70bec4eacea867385ccd3422db547b1a110260e3ca14b94b071

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
ppc64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 599080aff91cb7808f47156624f05dcf3b1471d0e002121e1fad7fdd1ec3a048
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 31d8f4b0489ac70bec4eacea867385ccd3422db547b1a110260e3ca14b94b071

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347
i386
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 839bc13afe2db8c179ed94227a8f8e69b48a9e6d6660642fd074040261a7e913
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4970a43d3fb97987924340369a4d44bc7e5474d13b7a2df8e443bfbee200f9ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ac60f3ac2ba4dec444e78dce5b1134a7d8e09f5014ba13088839787454d167e9
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d8e37b347188b9e71827e9deef0cb5b42d42f7f4622ebf302d9d86482c640347

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 83f9254bb91cce919e438ebc694097f0af00b5b037ee50da9331cdc00fafcc87
s390x
gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 23574c19f9eed3f2b0e719f00e4b93707310c2278eadb883f694c5d96d203c69
gawk-debuginfo-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 54698a3efb5830e0af4cbf0326f86cf43800d6160efc374c9b494dc68804632d

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