elfutils bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2007:0789-2
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2007-11-15
Last updated on:	2007-11-15
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

Updated elfutils packages that fix a bug in the nlist function are now
available.

The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries
related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.

These updated packages address the following bug:

* the nlist function in the libelf library opens a file given by name. It
would fail to close the file descriptor on that file, leaking one file
descriptor per call. This could result in an application process failing
after using nlist, due to running out of file descriptors for that process.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.src.rpm	`b832616ffd7e7f3d249ebd1f3537ee97`

IA-32:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`8228daf08d928e09ba74a3768a5cf47b`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`c4cdfea2ee9f914719d2783ededc3dfb`

x86_64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`d9e965d966bdcc2c043169c0348a3655`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`3dc18e17226f071121f229ae8f1592ad`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`2b1dbebc84dc20162b9e84e44d637bc8`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`4bd538e2b02f55548511f74f7275d733`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.src.rpm	`b832616ffd7e7f3d249ebd1f3537ee97`

IA-32:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`8228daf08d928e09ba74a3768a5cf47b`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`c4cdfea2ee9f914719d2783ededc3dfb`

IA-64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ab839104024431c0a4391d6cd4a3c74c`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`601084584e0b484caa23a3b2b0a4195e`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ccaf433dd2cbf211ebbe35f1bcf6fc16`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`51660f298fd828555379db3ba8cf10ae`

PPC:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.ppc.rpm	`be401780c783cacd9e43e5ad1c9419ca`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.ppc64.rpm	`0b0df65bd312c2ba8d7aaacd9e56ca82`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.ppc.rpm	`18a4fde88c62578a5be5e749410b22d1`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.ppc.rpm	`a9b7fab9eda73d635ae2c70ac2a524b3`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.ppc64.rpm	`ee7292bb92ab1764a41bff074e1cb62b`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.ppc.rpm	`55aa134c321aa131b82e3476c92a44c7`

s390:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`09d5900017ea99f14166e3cd42cc3258`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`538a4f52cb6f861f6a47a0a4e74b0edc`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`45e7d8d1441bba3c07194b710a13ea24`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`11c5c8922a97c9be4c99d9be848ee735`

s390x:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`09d5900017ea99f14166e3cd42cc3258`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.s390x.rpm	`35bf03612a1cf9a5c8ca849a5f81ffe8`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.s390x.rpm	`9eb269024baa2e8ef8b4be20e9cad849`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.s390.rpm	`45e7d8d1441bba3c07194b710a13ea24`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.s390x.rpm	`adddb7ba23941528c091b801f9655274`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.s390x.rpm	`ab8f5c18228ee55d7f4d80affd193e11`

x86_64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`d9e965d966bdcc2c043169c0348a3655`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`3dc18e17226f071121f229ae8f1592ad`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`2b1dbebc84dc20162b9e84e44d637bc8`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`4bd538e2b02f55548511f74f7275d733`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.src.rpm	`b832616ffd7e7f3d249ebd1f3537ee97`

IA-32:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`8228daf08d928e09ba74a3768a5cf47b`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`c4cdfea2ee9f914719d2783ededc3dfb`

IA-64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ab839104024431c0a4391d6cd4a3c74c`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`601084584e0b484caa23a3b2b0a4195e`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ccaf433dd2cbf211ebbe35f1bcf6fc16`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`51660f298fd828555379db3ba8cf10ae`

x86_64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`d9e965d966bdcc2c043169c0348a3655`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`3dc18e17226f071121f229ae8f1592ad`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`2b1dbebc84dc20162b9e84e44d637bc8`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`4bd538e2b02f55548511f74f7275d733`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.src.rpm	`b832616ffd7e7f3d249ebd1f3537ee97`

IA-32:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`8228daf08d928e09ba74a3768a5cf47b`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`c4cdfea2ee9f914719d2783ededc3dfb`

IA-64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ab839104024431c0a4391d6cd4a3c74c`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`601084584e0b484caa23a3b2b0a4195e`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`ccaf433dd2cbf211ebbe35f1bcf6fc16`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.ia64.rpm	`51660f298fd828555379db3ba8cf10ae`

x86_64:
elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`1ef1fc1f70604a434aec4573e1cd5d80`
elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`d9e965d966bdcc2c043169c0348a3655`
elfutils-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`3dc18e17226f071121f229ae8f1592ad`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm	`24124dc0823a942e5c1ef6fe1a8a9c15`
elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`2b1dbebc84dc20162b9e84e44d637bc8`
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm	`4bd538e2b02f55548511f74f7275d733`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

elfutils,, libelf

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