Issued:
2012-03-05
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0352 - grep bug fix update

Synopsis

grep bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated grep package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The grep utility searches through textual input for lines which contain a match to a specified pattern and then prints the matching lines. GNU grep utilities include grep, egrep and fgrep.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the grep utility was not able to handle the EPIPE error. If a SIGPIPE signal was blocked by the shell, grep kept continuously printing error messages. An upstream patch has been applied to address this problem, so that grep exits on the first EPIPE error and prints only one error message. (BZ#741452)

All users of grep are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • grep-2.6.3-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • grep-debuginfo-2.6.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • grep-debuginfo-2.6.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • grep-2.6.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • grep-debuginfo-2.6.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • grep-2.6.3-3.el6.src.rpm
  • grep-2.6.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • grep-debuginfo-2.6.3-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • grep-2.6.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information