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

RHBA-2013:0489 - tar bug fix update

Synopsis

tar bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The tar packages provide the GNU tar utility, which allows the user to save multiple files in one archive and can restore the files from that archive.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the "--strip-components" command-line parameter was used, the tar utility was unable to correctly match a file name that had to be extracted and the action failed. This bug has been fixed and tar now matches file names as expected in the described scenario. (BZ#875727)

  • When the "--listed-incremental" command-line parameter was used and a file was specified multiple times, tar terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. The underlying source code has been modified and tar no longer crashes under these circumstances. (BZ#877769)

All users of tar 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

  • tar-debuginfo-1.23-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tar-debuginfo-1.23-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tar-1.23-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tar-1.23-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • tar-1.23-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tar-1.23-11.el6.src.rpm
  • tar-1.23-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tar-debuginfo-1.23-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tar-debuginfo-1.23-11.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information