- Issued:
- 2012-02-20
- Updated:
- 2012-02-20
RHBA-2011:1449 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
tar bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated tar package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore
individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Prior to this update, if the disk space limit was reached while extracting
files from a tar archive, random data was created on the file system. This
unintended behavior has been corrected in this update. (BZ#643111)
- Prior to this update, tar terminated with a core dump when trying to update a
tar archive that was compressed using an external compression program. With this
update, this problem has been corrected so that tar now displays an error
message when trying to update this archive. (BZ#675693)
- Prior to this update, the option "--no-overwrite-dir" was not documented in
the tar(1) manual page. This problem has been corrected so that the option is
now properly documented. (BZ#698618)
All users are advised to upgrade to this updated tar package, which fixes these
bugs.
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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 - 675693 - tar dumps core when deleting file from gzipped archive
- BZ - 698618 - option --no-overwrite-dir is present but not documented in manpage
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
ia64 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d6c184a22477500830cda836c989dc53314aabfa678963410b0ef849f1c81ae |
i386 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
i386 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
i386 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
s390x | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 66353e733b818df3bcd7d64daa03f812acf82ce80d3c658834f70d344e11e199 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
ppc | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1f8687d029a078102b27219aa78d9158d6bf763f7f727ba520427ce337d745 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f3c9464e753fe8e0ce5aac4e6c9ee5eaa5fb611c7430e4b87234e9c4600ed5be |
x86_64 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c0432d67afa17adec54f631f77a94b5e9afc14d8a35ba0bbff2f9a7e1fdf0c52 |
i386 | |
tar-1.15.1-31.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1f86f5fdd5dace8a930ac91d9cbd1e6465dc5827354c0da968592e66b3f88002 |
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