- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHBA-2009:0992 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
kdebase bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated kdebase packages that fix several bugs are now available.
Description
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the
X Window System. The kdebase packages include core applications for KDE.
These updated packages fix the following bugs:
- when KDE starts, it uses df to verify that there is enough free disk
space available for it in the /tmp directory. However, the method that KDE
used to parse the output from df assumed that the output would be in a
language like English where the word df uses for "filesystem" is one word.
In languages (like Russian, for example) where the word used by df for
"filesystem" is not one word, kde parsed the output from df incorrectly,
and would read the number of free blocks as the number of used blocks.
Therefore, if /tmp was empty, KDE would read it as full and fail to start,
printing the error message "Not enough free disk space on /tmp". KDE now
uses the LANG=C locale when it runs df and therefore parses the output
correctly.
- a flaw existed in the kdm_config code, which caused it to ignore
%hostlist macros in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. This flaw has now been corrected,
so that kdm_config makes use of the %hostlist macros that it reads from
Xaccess. This allows end-users to specify hosts by name in the config file.
Users of kdebase are advised to 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/docs/DOC-11259
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 - 209651 - startkde fails to start - testing for /tmp free space is wrong when non-English locale is used
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: fc146c4a5c561b0a4380e7d01e239255c32668213ab84cd6a1e7c646583a30bb |
x86_64 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8522f44efbe2a4a2e2f3820fd4fe50e34c46912a2e47cee9d8fdef35316ebd8f |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8522f44efbe2a4a2e2f3820fd4fe50e34c46912a2e47cee9d8fdef35316ebd8f |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8f107ae19ba90d1290a201d55838eb58b0d05c8f6582f46c9eb917ec45dbc90a |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8f107ae19ba90d1290a201d55838eb58b0d05c8f6582f46c9eb917ec45dbc90a |
ia64 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b1ae61c157e71e0bd0d24529fb86d59c4c5868c953af51f3c5a3407e9d7573 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b1ae61c157e71e0bd0d24529fb86d59c4c5868c953af51f3c5a3407e9d7573 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 076c2425f4cb7c94db6f8b503369db004078feb7b7e918cd6be8ae59f377ea7d |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 076c2425f4cb7c94db6f8b503369db004078feb7b7e918cd6be8ae59f377ea7d |
i386 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0c1653854963686eda90297c5da3843e3ed04fd1c2a3ea4494757c3300dda471 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0c1653854963686eda90297c5da3843e3ed04fd1c2a3ea4494757c3300dda471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: fc146c4a5c561b0a4380e7d01e239255c32668213ab84cd6a1e7c646583a30bb |
x86_64 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8522f44efbe2a4a2e2f3820fd4fe50e34c46912a2e47cee9d8fdef35316ebd8f |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8f107ae19ba90d1290a201d55838eb58b0d05c8f6582f46c9eb917ec45dbc90a |
ia64 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b1ae61c157e71e0bd0d24529fb86d59c4c5868c953af51f3c5a3407e9d7573 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 076c2425f4cb7c94db6f8b503369db004078feb7b7e918cd6be8ae59f377ea7d |
i386 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0c1653854963686eda90297c5da3843e3ed04fd1c2a3ea4494757c3300dda471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: fc146c4a5c561b0a4380e7d01e239255c32668213ab84cd6a1e7c646583a30bb |
x86_64 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8522f44efbe2a4a2e2f3820fd4fe50e34c46912a2e47cee9d8fdef35316ebd8f |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8f107ae19ba90d1290a201d55838eb58b0d05c8f6582f46c9eb917ec45dbc90a |
i386 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4db62ea4c59a92febb439833259add0220b27af311228bc955cd824dfedde7c8 |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0c1653854963686eda90297c5da3843e3ed04fd1c2a3ea4494757c3300dda471 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: fc146c4a5c561b0a4380e7d01e239255c32668213ab84cd6a1e7c646583a30bb |
s390x | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: b429bffba431c1d84718a53e8d692f2407c48b0a588cd0293f86873bdff5ecba |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 898a2f280a76812a7474544835293d1ce571c3af42f38aae3cb90a566c6683dc |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 48cbbebe64c1d1d0483fcca40c6b3dac33e068501dd3055bfa62d56dd411c529 |
s390 | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: b429bffba431c1d84718a53e8d692f2407c48b0a588cd0293f86873bdff5ecba |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 6ad6a3775bd74a434335dae573359afe0b01310fbe0fba168a94422ccd437d9c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: fc146c4a5c561b0a4380e7d01e239255c32668213ab84cd6a1e7c646583a30bb |
ppc | |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 60c289106ea03485f3169da4c2978bddaba300a0dcef6ecf019df05ac8690c06 |
kdebase-3.3.1-12.el4.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: fede991a3d79c0bc85d4e3fa82cc8a4f4ee553c0b1afb109b37d495b83138c9e |
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-12.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ec4b2f29f235104741932fefb0c8d7391451e235e86d71ef738d7ae61a75e20e |
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