Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0471 - libical bug fix update

Synopsis

libical bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated libical packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libical packages provide a reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format used in dozens of calendaring and scheduling products.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The libical packages can be configured to abort when parsing improperly formatted iCalendar data, primarily useful for testing and debugging. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux this behavior is disabled, but some parts of the libical source code were improperly checking for this option. Consequently, the library aborted even if configured not to do so. The underlying source code has been modified and libical no longer aborts in the described scenario. (BZ#664332)

All users of libical 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 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

  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.s390.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.src.rpm
  • libical-devel-0.43-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.s390.rpm
  • libical-debuginfo-0.43-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libical-0.43-6.el6.s390.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information