- Issued:
- 2009-11-18
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHBA-2009:1591 - pax bug fix update
Synopsis
pax bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
An updated pax package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
pax is the portable archive exchange utility. It is defined by a POSIX specification, and is able to compress and decompress both tar and cpio archives, as well as several of their older variants.
This updated pax package fixes the following bug:
-
the pax utility creates ustar (Uniform Standard Tape Archive) archives by default. Attempting to create a ustar archive of a directory which contained path names that were exactly 100 characters in length caused pax to fail with the following error message:
pax: File name too long for ustar
With this update, creating ustar archives with pax succeeds regardless of the length of the absolute paths names of the files and directories being archived. (BZ#239001)
All users of pax are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.
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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| 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 Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- pax-3.4-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- pax-3.4-2.el5.src.rpm
- pax-3.4-2.el5.i386.rpm
- pax-3.4-2.el5.ppc.rpm
- pax-3.4-2.el5.s390x.rpm
- pax-3.4-2.el5.ia64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.