Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHEA-2013:0102 - ftp enhancement update

Synopsis

ftp enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated ftp packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The ftp package provides the standard UNIX command line File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client. FTP is a widely used protocol for transferring files over the Internet, and for archiving files.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• Previously, the command line width in the ftp client was limited to 200 characters. With this update, the maximum possible length of the FTP command line is extended to 4296 characters. (BZ#665240)

All users of ftp are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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

Updated Packages

• ftp-0.17-38.el5.ia64.rpm
• ftp-0.17-38.el5.ppc.rpm
• ftp-0.17-38.el5.s390x.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-38.el5.ppc.rpm
• ftp-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-38.el5.s390x.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm
• ftp-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-38.el5.ia64.rpm
• ftp-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 665240

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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