- Issued:
- 2010-09-22
- Updated:
- 2010-09-22
RHBA-2010:0712 - 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 that fix a bug in threading are now available.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system
administration utilities and web programming.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, joining a thread variable or calling the "undef" function on it in
a Perl script resulted in the following error message:
Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x7b7dcb0, Perl interpreter: 0x7b4cfb0
during global destruction.
This error has been fixed, and using the above functions now works as expected.
(BZ#629935)
Users of threads in Perl programs are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve this issue.
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 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 Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 629935 - 'Attempt to free unreferenced scalar' when running a perl program with threads
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 506216e0a3d4c2b966b11e769e6e42ebb958d157b6d408399df3a70341be2966 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e7c37005ff03246d33bd06118c73ecbbd0e3d1cc1c2e142fed79ca4e15ce89c |
ia64 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 75173a2d0c4da0ac72433d089a2bb5b79e7e210261ae13f8918981340e88810d |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 713ed4109829421c10d6a6c6ba5c8bcce46edb59a92b7ade5c4f4e2d8a2b786e |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffcde315a9881ea1b8d37bde3dfe50daabc3ab48948f247129d9e9ed73f5df3c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 506216e0a3d4c2b966b11e769e6e42ebb958d157b6d408399df3a70341be2966 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e7c37005ff03246d33bd06118c73ecbbd0e3d1cc1c2e142fed79ca4e15ce89c |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffcde315a9881ea1b8d37bde3dfe50daabc3ab48948f247129d9e9ed73f5df3c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 506216e0a3d4c2b966b11e769e6e42ebb958d157b6d408399df3a70341be2966 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e7c37005ff03246d33bd06118c73ecbbd0e3d1cc1c2e142fed79ca4e15ce89c |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffcde315a9881ea1b8d37bde3dfe50daabc3ab48948f247129d9e9ed73f5df3c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
s390x | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c87b356ef21184b62faf41f14a874b1b38f453b9e5cc986d5bbe5a2e2d74c025 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: bf0df0e63605d97612bb5b00e61a69aab034e7f1b69b13a95895a79155d2128f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
ppc | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f8062cb4de023df6e541ea571f4aba65a0a6934a37d5374984b9ecf673829b22 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe3934a3c49fa512e394f9aaaf434b4720fd1786a4e5cf1d91ed8e0fa6101b8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: e7dba850a494c11b9058b68368f5c53bf1a0d3e5a608a2f92395b8cd4075af2b |
x86_64 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 506216e0a3d4c2b966b11e769e6e42ebb958d157b6d408399df3a70341be2966 |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e7c37005ff03246d33bd06118c73ecbbd0e3d1cc1c2e142fed79ca4e15ce89c |
i386 | |
perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c1d0d5bb71aee9c4dc1e6bd3cf96455dee57bd232360e88507900088e433201e |
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffcde315a9881ea1b8d37bde3dfe50daabc3ab48948f247129d9e9ed73f5df3c |
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