- Issued:
- 2011-01-19
- Updated:
- 2011-01-19
RHEA-2011:0165 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
coreutils enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated coreutils package that adds an enhancement to dd command is
now available.
Description
The coreutils package contains core GNU utilities. It is a combination of the
old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- When a dd command copies data and receives e.g. SIGPIPE signal, then it stops
with the current block (leaving it as partial) and starts with the new one,
which is called "short read". Sometimes it is useful that dd has to copy full
blocks and not stop reading after received signals. To address this, dd now
accepts iflag=fullblock, to make it accumulate full input blocks. With this new
option, after a short read, dd repeatedly calls read, until it fills the
incomplete block, reaches EOF, or encounters an error. (BZ#668465)
All coreutils users may upgrade to this updated package, which adds this
enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 668465 - dd reads random sizes of data
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
ia64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ee352812ef402f2aceaffb4df7b3c74425cacc500cd0a8807b6f16479fb24e06 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
ia64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ee352812ef402f2aceaffb4df7b3c74425cacc500cd0a8807b6f16479fb24e06 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
ia64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ee352812ef402f2aceaffb4df7b3c74425cacc500cd0a8807b6f16479fb24e06 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
s390x | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 4e771d93e00981e9cb46b9cdc1476d79baea47483d95405561b39087dcc06f01 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
ppc | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e1996b80789002a8c52e014db00c9885d8a232ea2e130a0c36a5054aaaea3109 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
ppc | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e1996b80789002a8c52e014db00c9885d8a232ea2e130a0c36a5054aaaea3109 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d3565ebd5065951f61e1af0595385eaa04b970ab24814e73ad87c17c1bbc1e14 |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ecf5d5b692a53b7f67563898e5b72cea32de5b4f0977ad3b04f3b82f7809f537 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5ad5920ef3828c735b3ac3cb83835eeff8a825843da30e591b93c500c062e8d5 |
s390x | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 4e771d93e00981e9cb46b9cdc1476d79baea47483d95405561b39087dcc06f01 |
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