- Issued:
- 2025-10-07
- Updated:
- 2025-10-07
RHBA-2025:17418 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
ksh bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for ksh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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).
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
- [RHEL8] There is a bug in ksh that prevents it from handling multibyte characters properly (JIRA:RHEL-87334)
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.src.rpm | SHA-256: d90dcd7e300c93d18073b17392c70b26929566a3053d796fe03228fbc101af3f |
| x86_64 | |
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67f38dfe9034eda8320010607430b31a1805de0e02cfae1141d70bf3313e1c3a |
| ksh-debuginfo-20120801-269.el8_10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9da1f70565eb86b4818e4fe6aec3bf3442f9baaef2406b7167cfa69934ca5d56 |
| ksh-debugsource-20120801-269.el8_10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 02fb034fb049a66d5aaa48fe4993c11ee2a75715a93f4c9b7c3fe38067d6f828 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.src.rpm | SHA-256: d90dcd7e300c93d18073b17392c70b26929566a3053d796fe03228fbc101af3f |
| s390x | |
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 28b52aa8b8fdc9b54207e596cfaf26feb4750ad51d303b2de49cb1f0b11a62e2 |
| ksh-debuginfo-20120801-269.el8_10.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 0b3b00bcb351f87b278d385ade61fac940fc9a877094f4b5c67456e34661ece8 |
| ksh-debugsource-20120801-269.el8_10.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: eb2ed01a8e1e4c18eb4b42fff5ff2a47f479906e6dc0249c292191c8985fece5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.src.rpm | SHA-256: d90dcd7e300c93d18073b17392c70b26929566a3053d796fe03228fbc101af3f |
| ppc64le | |
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 132cd2a11a41eb1eed54d4a110005643273a3a3ed175d0c6a0db2bec6037bf2f |
| ksh-debuginfo-20120801-269.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: d02a2b94397009c3d9d8603add4774eadf2883f4c1b375d6534f92b50094f035 |
| ksh-debugsource-20120801-269.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 687a4c981de222214308f09a71c6d07f082d7885f5798d446d46663a45c75dc0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.src.rpm | SHA-256: d90dcd7e300c93d18073b17392c70b26929566a3053d796fe03228fbc101af3f |
| aarch64 | |
| ksh-20120801-269.el8_10.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: cf865c70b1fbda0386552a1b190f4c13f2ca2a1e5cad8da6c71b281abb5fd339 |
| ksh-debuginfo-20120801-269.el8_10.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: c303617f44f1e4018dd032ac054ff6f922fa978033974501bc5a217dcc6b2f93 |
| ksh-debugsource-20120801-269.el8_10.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: 639b13ee5224337a12b3dc13a146adc38b63b5a91bf1edd66730b7950ec96c57 |
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