tar bug fix update
| Advisory: | RHBA-2011:1449-1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Bug Fix Advisory |
| Severity: | N/A |
| Issued on: | 2012-02-20 |
| Last updated on: | 2012-02-20 |
| Affected Products: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) |
Details
An updated tar package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore
individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
This update fixes the following bugs:
* Prior to this update, if the disk space limit was reached while extracting
files from a tar archive, random data was created on the file system. This
unintended behavior has been corrected in this update. (BZ#643111)
* Prior to this update, tar terminated with a core dump when trying to update a
tar archive that was compressed using an external compression program. With this
update, this problem has been corrected so that tar now displays an error
message when trying to update this archive. (BZ#675693)
* Prior to this update, the option "--no-overwrite-dir" was not documented in
the tar(1) manual page. This problem has been corrected so that the option is
now properly documented. (BZ#698618)
All users are advised to upgrade to this updated tar package, which fixes these
bugs.
Solution
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Updated packages
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: 944273d16cbd5b1699a66af26b5ca49f SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
| IA-32: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: adacabbba2ec5dc2c50ab0440a820d5a SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
| IA-64: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: 48bde8c562367e4c52dd054feb1becfd SHA-256: 7d6c184a22477500830cda836c989dc53314aabfa678963410b0ef849f1c81ae |
| PPC: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: d25614c3b75dc9483dc38acd41ddde9f SHA-256: 5b1f8687d029a078102b27219aa78d9158d6bf763f7f727ba520427ce337d745 |
| s390x: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: 000aac7471cc7fc91bae4c9f1006388f SHA-256: 66353e733b818df3bcd7d64daa03f812acf82ce80d3c658834f70d344e11e199 |
| x86_64: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: ff78c88daab92c77c95b18b61d96b21f SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: 944273d16cbd5b1699a66af26b5ca49f SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
| IA-32: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: adacabbba2ec5dc2c50ab0440a820d5a SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
| x86_64: | |
| tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:0580 |
MD5: ff78c88daab92c77c95b18b61d96b21f SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
675693 - tar dumps core when deleting file from gzipped archive
698618 - option --no-overwrite-dir is present but not documented in manpage
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