Issued:
2012-10-10
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1355 - mlocate bug fix update

Synopsis

mlocate bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mlocate packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise 6.

Description

The mlocate packages provide a locate/updatedb implementation. Mlocate keeps a database of all existing files and allows you to look up files by name.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the locate(1) manual page contained a misprint. This update corrects the misprint. (BZ#690800)

  • Prior to this update, the mlocate tool aborted the "updatedb" command if an incorrect filesystem implementation returned a zero-length file name. As a consequence, the locate database was not be updated. This update detects invalid zero-length file names, warns about them, and continues to the locate database. (BZ#699363)

All users of mlocate are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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

  • mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.src.rpm
  • mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mlocate-debuginfo-0.22.2-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mlocate-debuginfo-0.22.2-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mlocate-debuginfo-0.22.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mlocate-debuginfo-0.22.2-4.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information