- Issued:
- 2006-07-20
- Updated:
- 2006-07-20
RHBA-2006:0394 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
psmisc bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated psmisc packages that fix a bug are now available.
Description
The psmisc package contains utilities for managing processes on your
system: pstree, killall, and fuser. The pstree command displays a tree
structure of all of the running processes on your system. The killall
command sends a specified signal (SIGTERM if nothing is specified) to
processes identified by name. The fuser command identifies the PIDs of
processes that are using specified files or file systems.
Previously, the killall program in the psmisc package crashed on long
process names and the fuser program crashed on large PID numbers.
All users of the psmisc package should upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 170382 - RHEL3: buffer overflow detected in fuser
- BZ - 174585 - RHEL3: killall crashes on long variable name
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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