Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1530 - batik bug fix update

Synopsis

batik bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated batik packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The batik packages provide the Batik toolkit based on a Java technology. This toolkit is used by applications that require to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as viewing, generation, or manipulation.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • This update removes the empty batik-debuginfo package. (BZ#631677)

  • Previously, an attempt to use the rasterizer utility to convert an SVG image to the JPEG format caused an error to be returned. This update applies a patch to fix this bug and rasterizer now converts SVG images to the JPEG format correctly. (BZ#867701, BZ#995471)

  • Previously, the manifest.mf file included the keyword "version" instead of "bundle-version". Consequently, the Eclipse platform did not work correctly with Batik utilities. This bug has been fixed and Eclipse now works as expected. (BZ#883464)

  • Due to a bug in the underlying source code, an attempt to use the ttf2svg font converter failed with an exception. This update applies a patch to fix this bug and ttf2svg now works correctly. (BZ#979527, BZ#995471)

  • Previously, the batik packages contained many bugs, among others classpath errors and errors connected with a missing module for handling the JPEG format. Consequently, Batik utilities, such as raterizer, svgpp, and ttf2svg, failed with exceptions. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to fix these bugs and the aforementioned utilities now work as expected. (BZ#995471)

Users of batik 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • batik-demo-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-slideshow-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-slideshow-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-svgpp-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-squiggle-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-1.7-8.5.el6.src.rpm
  • batik-javadoc-1.7-8.5.el6.noarch.rpm
  • batik-ttf2svg-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-svgpp-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-rasterizer-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-demo-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • batik-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-rasterizer-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-ttf2svg-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-squiggle-1.7-8.5.el6.i686.rpm
  • batik-1.7-8.5.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information