Issued:
2012-10-30
Updated:
2012-10-30

RHBA-2012:1414 - 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 6.

Description

The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio utility for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the cpio command was unable to split file names longer than 155 bytes into two parts during the archiving operation. Consequently, cpio could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This bug has been fixed and cpio now handles long file names without any crashes. (BZ#866467)

Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.3s390x
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 Update Support from RHUI6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3i386
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

  • cpio-debuginfo-2.10-11.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • cpio-debuginfo-2.10-11.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • cpio-debuginfo-2.10-11.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • cpio-2.10-11.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • cpio-2.10-11.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • cpio-2.10-11.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • cpio-2.10-11.el6_3.src.rpm
  • cpio-2.10-11.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • cpio-debuginfo-2.10-11.el6_3.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information