Issued:

2013-09-30

Updated:

2013-09-30

RHBA-2013:1297 - rpm bug fix update

Synopsis

rpm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rpm packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the package size was recorded incorrectly for packages built on big-endian platforms (PowerPC or IBM S/390), which would show up in Anaconda as packages having zero bytes. With this update, package sizes are correctly recorded on all platforms, but older packages built with the flawed versions of RPM still show incorrect sizes. (BZ#648516)

• Previously, when multiple packages failed to update correctly, the failed packages could get removed from the system entirely. With this update, the rpm and yum utilities can handle multiple failures during updates without unexpected package removals. (BZ#671194)

• Previously, attempts to install packages with a large number of files (approximately 80,000 or more), could have caused RPM to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault due to the RPM header exceeding its upper limit. This update increases the header limit so RPM is able to handle larger package installs, and crashes no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#706935)

• A new size check recently added to rpmbuild caused rpmbuild to display an error message and exit if the contents of the RPM file exceeded 2GB in size. This size check was performed prior to the elimination of duplicate files, however, in some cases it was possible for rpmbuild to exit with a ">2GB" warning even if the contents of the RPM file were actually smaller than 2GB. With this update, the size check for rpmbuild is expanded, and it is possible to build RPM files larger than 2GB. (BZ#716853)

Users of rpm 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.ppc64.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc64.rpm
• rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390.rpm
• rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390.rpm
• rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc64.rpm
• rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc64.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ppc.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.src.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.s390.rpm
• rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm
• rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• rpm-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
• rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-34.el5.s390x.rpm
• rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-34.el5.ia64.rpm
• popt-1.10.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 706935
• This content is not included.BZ - 716853

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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