Issued:
2009-05-06
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:0465 - binutils bug fix update

Synopsis

binutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated binutils packages that resolve several issues are now available.

Description

binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code.

These updated binutils packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

  • the "objdump" and "size" utilities were not recognizing ELF64-i386 object files. Such files are not normally produced on 32-bit x86 architectures. However, the kdump utility does produce such files on Physical Address Extension (PAE)-enabled kernels. With these updated packages, it is now possible to use the objdump and size utilities on ELF64-i386 object files. (BZ#457189)

  • due to a rare linking error, producing certain executables caused multi-megabyte zero-filled gaps in the executables. This did not affect the running of excutables affected by this bug. This linker error has been corrected in these updated packages so that executables do not contain spurious zero-filled gaps. (BZ#458301)

  • the error message for the "strings -n [non-number]" command were less clear than in the previous package release, and therefore has been reverted and clarified. (BZ#480009)

  • the c++filt(1) man page contained a typo when giving the syntax for the recognized '--strip-underscore' option. (BZ#485194)

  • the c++filt(1) man page incorrectly mentioned the '-j' and '--java' options, which are not available when running c++filt. These mentionings have been removed from the man page. (BZ#495196)

All users of binutils 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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.src.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.s390.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.s390x.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information