readline bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2009:1078-2
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2009-06-03
Last updated on:	2009-09-02
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Details

An updated readline package that fixes a bug is now available.

The Readline library provides a set of functions that allow users to edit
command lines.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

* readline failed to re-allocate the array used to keep track of wrapped
screen lines. For a long enough input line, this resulted in an invalid
pointer error and a segmentation fault crash. With this update, the array
is properly re-allocated and the crash no longer occurs. (BZ#473359)

All Readline users should 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm	`MD5: 4c6d5fbd067c8c830b68b8cfe2e0d81c`

IA-32:
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 11c7a621a0cd101a32fb664ef7a420ac`

x86_64:
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 11c7a621a0cd101a32fb664ef7a420ac`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 7e4da975f3fdbc669c92ae7a0837a091`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm	`MD5: 4c6d5fbd067c8c830b68b8cfe2e0d81c`

IA-32:
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: bccab4c42fe0a1b725eeee633607d566`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 11c7a621a0cd101a32fb664ef7a420ac`

IA-64:
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: bccab4c42fe0a1b725eeee633607d566`
readline-5.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm	`MD5: b9dd51449c4a711cd77de29d3a73e255`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 7bb02b1da45571b16e287477f20bd786`

PPC:
readline-5.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm	`MD5: c822ae054b126e4b1430f4e30a3eb549`
readline-5.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm	`MD5: 3df9ea98d2e63bac2027c852f02d1f4b`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm	`MD5: e4d0dd73fc0e7fbdd086758f03a2923a`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm	`MD5: 5ca1cfbb3d14ee5f98693881df625673`

s390x:
readline-5.1-3.el5.s390.rpm	`MD5: 0820a3347f7531071f9711556169dc4b`
readline-5.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm	`MD5: 2b9ef7be1fd712e570d0dfd7459a03b8`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.s390.rpm	`MD5: 015cbe8e11a9fd8e94304cea16bb5ff2`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm	`MD5: b01cddad5f3489a9dd1990cc92d7faa4`

x86_64:
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: bccab4c42fe0a1b725eeee633607d566`
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: e2f3f8d0355a7ab0d3d01bdd2e77f536`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 11c7a621a0cd101a32fb664ef7a420ac`
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 7e4da975f3fdbc669c92ae7a0837a091`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
readline-5.1-3.el5.src.rpm	`MD5: 4c6d5fbd067c8c830b68b8cfe2e0d81c`

IA-32:
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: bccab4c42fe0a1b725eeee633607d566`

x86_64:
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: bccab4c42fe0a1b725eeee633607d566`
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: e2f3f8d0355a7ab0d3d01bdd2e77f536`

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

Keywords

readline

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