Issued:
2015-01-14
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:0049 - tree bug fix update

Synopsis

tree bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The tree package contains the tree utility that recursively displays the contents of directories in a tree-like format. Tree is basically a UNIX port of the DOS tree utility.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, buffer overflows could occur in the uidtoname() and gidtoname() functions of the tree utility. As a consequence, using the "tree" command in some cases failed and the following error message was displayed to the user:

    *** buffer overflow detected ***: tree terminated

An upstream patch has been backported to fix the problem, and the tree utility now lists files as expected. (BZ#1110559)

Users of tree 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/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

Updated Packages

  • tree-1.5.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tree-1.5.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tree-1.5.3-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tree-1.5.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • tree-debuginfo-1.5.3-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tree-debuginfo-1.5.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • tree-debuginfo-1.5.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tree-1.5.3-3.el6.src.rpm
  • tree-debuginfo-1.5.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information