- Issued:
- 2013-01-07
- Updated:
- 2013-01-07
RHBA-2012:1055 - cpio bug fix update
Synopsis
cpio bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated cpio packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio file archiver utility. GNU cpio can be used to copy and extract files into or from cpio and Tar archives. This update is related to the following bug:
- Prior to this update, the cpio man page did not document how to use tape devices that do not use the default block size of 512 bytes for I/O operations. As a result, the cpio utility could fail with the error message "cpio: read error: Cannot allocate memory" if another block size was used. With this update, the man page states that setting the block size with the "--block-size" long option avoids this problem. (BZ#573943)
All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that 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/knowledge/articles/11258
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
- cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.ia64.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm
- cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm
- cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm
- cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm
- cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm
- cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.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.