- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0068 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
diffutils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated diffutils package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The diffutils package contains utilities for comparing text files. These
utilities include diff, cmp, diff3 and sdiff.
Running the "diff -bBw" command on a very large input file (eg 250 MB), in
a multi-byte locale (ie UTF-8), took a very long time to complete, if at all.
In a reported case, a diff ran for multiple days and did not complete. In
certain situations, this could cause 100% CPU usage.
The "lines_differ_multibyte" section of util.c has been modified, which
greatly reduces the time diff takes on large input files.
All users of diffutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves 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
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 Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
x86_64 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 163e48e4e9de621b3d803eb58a3775685d5802bd534e27991135586ca751eced |
ia64 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 2d721005a95d3fa14fd7de11192f421c507527c68584482b4bf6df552ebc641b |
i386 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aee9768f7ad148be09ed503718e83a97a31fb231c349d0d1d0df7e3d9adaca7d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
x86_64 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 163e48e4e9de621b3d803eb58a3775685d5802bd534e27991135586ca751eced |
i386 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aee9768f7ad148be09ed503718e83a97a31fb231c349d0d1d0df7e3d9adaca7d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
x86_64 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 163e48e4e9de621b3d803eb58a3775685d5802bd534e27991135586ca751eced |
i386 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aee9768f7ad148be09ed503718e83a97a31fb231c349d0d1d0df7e3d9adaca7d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
s390x | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: d32c7917781c93abb233c6e97b9db6aa6eba51c4ee6b5396a80ecbde0fb380b2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
ppc | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 71c24d7e627f7c57e018ad040a39011b611a99c7b0885daa192abfaa9e9cfd22 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fb59a5569d4700ee7e8e254cbaff28c9ce5ee13ef73984291cff4cc8477af53e |
x86_64 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 163e48e4e9de621b3d803eb58a3775685d5802bd534e27991135586ca751eced |
i386 | |
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aee9768f7ad148be09ed503718e83a97a31fb231c349d0d1d0df7e3d9adaca7d |
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