- Issued:
- 2007-11-15
- Updated:
- 2007-11-15
RHBA-2007:0771 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
ksh bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated ksh packages that address various bugs are now available.
Description
KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell by David Korn of AT&T
Bell Laboratories. KornShell is a shell programming language, which is
upward compatible with "sh" (the Bourne Shell).
This update addresses the following bugs:
- the built-in mkdir command did not respect the default ACL when creating
directories.
- a memory leak could occur when command output was redirected to a file.
- an incorrect result was returned from a spawned process if the process
was stopped and started by signals.
- a script containing 'set -m' could spin in a stopped state.
- the shell could crash with a segmentation fault when processing a switch
statement.
Users of ksh 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.
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 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
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.