Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0398 - zlib bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

zlib bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated zlib packages that fix one bug and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to missing information about the zlib version, some applications using zlib could not work properly. The zlib.map version script, which provides version information, has been added to the underlying source code and zlib now works as expected. (BZ#754694)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• This enhancement optimizes the zlib compression library for IBM System z. (BZ#823007)

All users of zlib are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug and add this enhancement.

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

Updated Packages

• zlib-static-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.src.rpm
• zlib-static-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.s390.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.s390.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.s390.rpm
• minizip-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.s390.rpm
• zlib-static-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc.rpm
• zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.s390.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm
• zlib-static-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm
• zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.ppc64.rpm
• minizip-1.2.3-29.el6.i686.rpm
• zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 754694

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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