RHBA-2020:5001 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for tcsh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The tcsh packages provide an enhanced and widely compatible version of the
C shell (csh). The tcsh command language interpreter can be used as an
interactive login shell, as well as a shell script command processor.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [RHEL-7.9] tcsh corrupt history file results in rapid memory consumption

until memory exhausted (BZ#1846271)

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 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1846271 - [RHEL-7.9] tcsh corrupt history file results in rapid memory consumption until memory exhausted [rhel-7.9.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)