- Issued:
- 2010-02-24
- Updated:
- 2010-02-24
RHBA-2010:0120 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
coreutils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated coreutils package that fixes a bug in the readlink command is
now available.
Description
The coreutils package contains core GNU utilities. It is a combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
This update fixes the following bug:
- when a directory contained a symbolic link to itself, the readlink
command, which displays the value of a symbolic link on standard output,
incorrectly gave the following error message when attempting to read the
value of the symbolic link (or the value of the symbolic links when
recursing through the directory and its symlink): "Too many levels of
symbolic links". With this update, readlink is once again able to correctly
resolve and output the value of the recursive symbolic links to containing
directories, or "directory loops", thus resolving the issue. (BZ#567545)
All coreutils users should upgrade to this updated package, which addresses
this regression.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 567545 - readlink cannot handle recursive symlinks
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 32d08aae76ef5cb3f740fa1db7c43f09e88664636fbbd03021564a83e796205d |
ia64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: aa11f0756730daec9e8eb5a1b4a2e5e163aea81d1e5b853a18a76d38d4b17d0c |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7383b7cc7eadd3e898504f1ac0bb369086698d8cd827153b952274ab935f8bf1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
ia64 | |
i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 32d08aae76ef5cb3f740fa1db7c43f09e88664636fbbd03021564a83e796205d |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7383b7cc7eadd3e898504f1ac0bb369086698d8cd827153b952274ab935f8bf1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 32d08aae76ef5cb3f740fa1db7c43f09e88664636fbbd03021564a83e796205d |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7383b7cc7eadd3e898504f1ac0bb369086698d8cd827153b952274ab935f8bf1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
s390x | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f991b83cb19437101086cb82de18cf9709b0df1ca43c53667a3f47a7b13ebe03 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4
SRPM | |
---|---|
s390x |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
ppc | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 1d6f8bcce22374e1ea0b229db561f646ae1db32302a37f3e200e0eaeb791f859 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4
SRPM | |
---|---|
ppc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1241277979475e6fedf899a03a26545eff22f3adffbc2a5146fb7ed9dee26cad |
x86_64 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 32d08aae76ef5cb3f740fa1db7c43f09e88664636fbbd03021564a83e796205d |
i386 | |
coreutils-5.97-23.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7383b7cc7eadd3e898504f1ac0bb369086698d8cd827153b952274ab935f8bf1 |
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