- Issued:
- 2006-05-03
- Updated:
- 2006-08-09
RHBA-2006:0336 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
tar bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated tar packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can
restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
The following issues have been addressed:
- The tar utility did not extract sparse files properly when output was
redirected somewhere other than a plain file, e.g., to /dev/null.
- Most of the man page appeared to be missing.
- When extracting files from a tar file on standard input, an error message
about short reads was written to standard error.
- When listing or extracting a subset of files in a tar archive and
skipping a sparse file stored with the -S option because it did not match
the selection criteria, tar complained about an invalid sparse member in
the archive and attempted to skip to the next header.
- When using the --listed-incremental option to tar, directories that moved
were not properly tracked.
Users of tar should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 156799 - Bogus errors when --to-stdout is used
- BZ - 163709 - tar man page truncated
- BZ - 168545 - tar error "Read 8704 bytes from -" when extracting from standard input in IDL install
- BZ - 171625 - "invalid sparse archive member" when extracting tars
- BZ - 184413 - --listed-incremental doesn't handle moved directories correctly
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6d77acee48218973df4a88bd70386c0a02228cb709f0b5339cd19221439347ff |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae86e131900d31f8868aa3dc24e62e57bb460d6e96f435fb4c660b1016076c64 |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae86e131900d31f8868aa3dc24e62e57bb460d6e96f435fb4c660b1016076c64 |
ia64 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 515803ef4ab572506769ca5b0602e9c7bd2d0f5e277770588ef5a1bcb0c869ab |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 515803ef4ab572506769ca5b0602e9c7bd2d0f5e277770588ef5a1bcb0c869ab |
i386 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6e77eba35ffc5e361db10a1262db23c115dd7d7efb73da01c010273b97bceac |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6e77eba35ffc5e361db10a1262db23c115dd7d7efb73da01c010273b97bceac |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6d77acee48218973df4a88bd70386c0a02228cb709f0b5339cd19221439347ff |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae86e131900d31f8868aa3dc24e62e57bb460d6e96f435fb4c660b1016076c64 |
ia64 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 515803ef4ab572506769ca5b0602e9c7bd2d0f5e277770588ef5a1bcb0c869ab |
i386 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6e77eba35ffc5e361db10a1262db23c115dd7d7efb73da01c010273b97bceac |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6d77acee48218973df4a88bd70386c0a02228cb709f0b5339cd19221439347ff |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae86e131900d31f8868aa3dc24e62e57bb460d6e96f435fb4c660b1016076c64 |
i386 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a6e77eba35ffc5e361db10a1262db23c115dd7d7efb73da01c010273b97bceac |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6d77acee48218973df4a88bd70386c0a02228cb709f0b5339cd19221439347ff |
s390x | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 31d6f286bfd4ebf5fb0befb92349bbc5c7349d0ce6450df226bfe529ed21cc66 |
s390 | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 46a56680f187f7ce2e164e68a0928b90f5a756078175c56025e457f5e117f49a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6d77acee48218973df4a88bd70386c0a02228cb709f0b5339cd19221439347ff |
ppc | |
tar-1.14-10.RHEL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 310ebe0c3fe3a6168b1c496c0ecb3648cd75e7a1624a719c833b9423b44f3b6f |
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