Issued:: 2016-05-10
Updated:: 2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0932 - Bug Fix Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

ksh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for ksh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, which is backward-compatible with the Bourne shell (sh) and includes many features of the C shell. The most recent version is KSH-93. KornShell complies with the POSIX.2 standard (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992).

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of ksh are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 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 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 - 1212992 - ksh login crash on disk full
BZ - 1217236 - ksh misbehavior if login shell "( cmd & )" does nothing and no error reported
BZ - 1221766 - ksh crashes under chroot environment with segmentation fault
BZ - 1241013 - case in a for loop inside subshell causes syntax error
BZ - 1247383 - Serious problem with correction of #1117404
BZ - 1256495 - Multibyte character string after $1-9 in ksh is not expanded correctly.

CVEs

(none)

References

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
s390x
ksh-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e66b0d71edb38c81255c07bbfd88bdabee0ddfec3a38485a88b174bdadc55dd4
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 417cf4b8edddcc3364495fc28bfb5ca5450f737b780e957459aa828c2335cd36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
ppc64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 923ef439df012b6bc4fd4439bc8426f7ea23f8fb3b9fc6849787ad5d625c4acc
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c9e08906a9f2114650b24dcad517e1b2468cc654f5139c4edd19b5a0d02faa6e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

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

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
s390x
ksh-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e66b0d71edb38c81255c07bbfd88bdabee0ddfec3a38485a88b174bdadc55dd4
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 417cf4b8edddcc3364495fc28bfb5ca5450f737b780e957459aa828c2335cd36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
x86_64
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0e73243c0928c5006cbabb6ebf9eb4d01ad23cbcd198bc8d3ab60d18ffadb56d
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 750b69e7ae5699754b2ed8998bdba806d1cfee7f392daa9b492ee280fe6dfd94
i386
ksh-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b7c375e86ce02b7522671aa83a0dc2ffc852aa12cddda83eb00e200a3b11c3d7
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 87dc54fcec3f66de4ad071cfc7c620c0e17061c47182e68a97c6a36821f1c3de

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

SRPM
ksh-20120801-33.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 6cfe24fca08bc713f2013f07151f314c8155059e8783647d50fa781837735a9e
s390x
ksh-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e66b0d71edb38c81255c07bbfd88bdabee0ddfec3a38485a88b174bdadc55dd4
ksh-debuginfo-20120801-33.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 417cf4b8edddcc3364495fc28bfb5ca5450f737b780e957459aa828c2335cd36

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