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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0665 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0665 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

minicom bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

The minicom packages provide Minicom, the text-based modem control and terminal emulation program. Minicom includes a dialing directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an external scripting language, and other features.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of minicom 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 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 Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 765659 - minicom unable to use unix domain socket file as modem

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html
  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
i386
minicom-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b9fdf9e9a38a5c6b57e70a6762ffea51e9431c8dc0badc0746de5555fddd5921
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ae85643c5fe7eb8540648555c354c12bf7dc24007c0aed6b4ba42b3d4734f0ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
i386
minicom-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b9fdf9e9a38a5c6b57e70a6762ffea51e9431c8dc0badc0746de5555fddd5921
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ae85643c5fe7eb8540648555c354c12bf7dc24007c0aed6b4ba42b3d4734f0ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
i386
minicom-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b9fdf9e9a38a5c6b57e70a6762ffea51e9431c8dc0badc0746de5555fddd5921
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ae85643c5fe7eb8540648555c354c12bf7dc24007c0aed6b4ba42b3d4734f0ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
i386
minicom-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b9fdf9e9a38a5c6b57e70a6762ffea51e9431c8dc0badc0746de5555fddd5921
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ae85643c5fe7eb8540648555c354c12bf7dc24007c0aed6b4ba42b3d4734f0ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
ppc64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f5ca6b958fa4e1d2147741dc26f5be701a5132208a785ad2adb0ba7bed63d292
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9f84eb67e62516fcc608b06d47d21c2a35ac15db89212e592924f95e295c2219

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421

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

SRPM
minicom-2.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0be83b461add2c2227e8a12d706042f95b98bf3047b59b38e0ce64007b5aa568
x86_64
minicom-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd24b0c417422dadb9f06e0d0f86c499c94ab2538b44b4aab3a8295b6dc13772
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e6a57ea1bcf3d60029f4c6e827bffc66ecce56a6e5119c29b8883232dada421
i386
minicom-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b9fdf9e9a38a5c6b57e70a6762ffea51e9431c8dc0badc0746de5555fddd5921
minicom-debuginfo-2.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ae85643c5fe7eb8540648555c354c12bf7dc24007c0aed6b4ba42b3d4734f0ba

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