Why yum commands throw "Segmentation Fault" after downloading repodata (primary.xml) ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While running yum update, the following error occurs:
# yum update  
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, rhnplugin  
rhel-i386-server | 1.4 kB 00:00  
rhel-i386-server5/primary | 3.3 MB 00:01  
Segmentation fault

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6

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