- Issued:
- 2006-05-18
- Updated:
- 2006-08-09
RHBA-2006:0426 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
perl bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated perl packages are available.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and
shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is
especially good at handling text.
This update resolves the following issues:
- When using perl's ioctl call, if the length of the third argument is not
encoded in the ioctl number, a length of 0 was assumed; it now defaults
to 256 as it did in previous perl versions up to 5.8.5-24.RHEL4; as in
5.8.5-24.RHEL4, and not in prior versions, the length of the ioctl third
argument can be specified as greater than 256 in the ioctl number.
- Perl's localtime call uses glibc'c localtime_r(), which does not call
tzset() as does glibc's localtime() . Perl now calls tzset() before each
call to localtime_r().
- Perl's h2ph C-header conversion program was generating headers that could
not be require-d by a perl program, as it did not generate definitions
for the cpp "predefined macros" . All perl headers shipped can now be
require-d successfully by perl programs.
All perl users are advised to upgrade to the updated perl packages.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on 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 - 185240 - ioctl default minimum argument length of 256 should be restored
- BZ - 185406 - h2ph problem with gcc internal defines
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9a89a7c243e00007ef60be7c732131d851d03f14779c4decde71fd9f50644d4b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d283d5ef3cc1c93acfde11dd799e828873ac1ca9675f31a920aa7b129bca06aa |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d283d5ef3cc1c93acfde11dd799e828873ac1ca9675f31a920aa7b129bca06aa |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 514c2935ec80e081b7237ead72166b82fdbda9af2a3cf454b65a33e8e378544d |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 514c2935ec80e081b7237ead72166b82fdbda9af2a3cf454b65a33e8e378544d |
ia64 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b7506ad9f317a28276862f702681435a487fc2d6ed9615e63bf7ae2184ac8d79 |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b7506ad9f317a28276862f702681435a487fc2d6ed9615e63bf7ae2184ac8d79 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f887809d63b0af7b03124e85bc197db84c53ce93ce239a89c65379cb5f9a9b9 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f887809d63b0af7b03124e85bc197db84c53ce93ce239a89c65379cb5f9a9b9 |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3fa5e9e300050eef9af93d7ae9c48bf0303d8c9e445ab9f4748803e385305bd2 |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3fa5e9e300050eef9af93d7ae9c48bf0303d8c9e445ab9f4748803e385305bd2 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b2df0035fccec2ec51a68a06ebc3450405bfcc7715d8849a49b6b803171496f4 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b2df0035fccec2ec51a68a06ebc3450405bfcc7715d8849a49b6b803171496f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9a89a7c243e00007ef60be7c732131d851d03f14779c4decde71fd9f50644d4b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d283d5ef3cc1c93acfde11dd799e828873ac1ca9675f31a920aa7b129bca06aa |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 514c2935ec80e081b7237ead72166b82fdbda9af2a3cf454b65a33e8e378544d |
ia64 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b7506ad9f317a28276862f702681435a487fc2d6ed9615e63bf7ae2184ac8d79 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f887809d63b0af7b03124e85bc197db84c53ce93ce239a89c65379cb5f9a9b9 |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3fa5e9e300050eef9af93d7ae9c48bf0303d8c9e445ab9f4748803e385305bd2 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b2df0035fccec2ec51a68a06ebc3450405bfcc7715d8849a49b6b803171496f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9a89a7c243e00007ef60be7c732131d851d03f14779c4decde71fd9f50644d4b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d283d5ef3cc1c93acfde11dd799e828873ac1ca9675f31a920aa7b129bca06aa |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 514c2935ec80e081b7237ead72166b82fdbda9af2a3cf454b65a33e8e378544d |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3fa5e9e300050eef9af93d7ae9c48bf0303d8c9e445ab9f4748803e385305bd2 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b2df0035fccec2ec51a68a06ebc3450405bfcc7715d8849a49b6b803171496f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9a89a7c243e00007ef60be7c732131d851d03f14779c4decde71fd9f50644d4b |
s390x | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c1cfe2c8a8fb86535180d890f1722c2e146e9b4e4296c1b75e1bfd3cba033f82 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 421050e0850c456195a87c2030326fd10761aa876fbdb6288d2cbc4e4419dcd0 |
s390 | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 41f1401caf9823feb6f3497256f6cf7e6bec4ed30b485704968200d09b32fb46 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: c4e4157f512b81fceeaf2ce29183a555f5f8d9f3b02ceebe2ba80a3c7c8a64a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9a89a7c243e00007ef60be7c732131d851d03f14779c4decde71fd9f50644d4b |
ppc | |
perl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f21bdb96a55744c399172ff6712bccbb90304bfee0e45a20acc7b76d29ff7698 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.5-34.RHEL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 457cfbaf5f5c8ac229a2fb7d1868f0fa05d75963ee3a41476c3e73a1ae3a8792 |
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