- Issued:
- 2007-06-11
- Updated:
- 2007-06-11
RHBA-2007:0420 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
procmail bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated procmail packages that fix large file support are
now available.
Description
The procmail program is used for local mail delivery. In addition to
just delivering mail, procmail can be used for automatic filtering,
presorting, and other mail handling jobs.
Procmail was unable to deliver mail to mailboxes larger than 2GB on 32-bit
architectures.
Users of procmail are advised to 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.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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 - 205464 - procmail is unable to write to files >2GB
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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