Bug 696316
| Summary: | xorg-x11-server-utils: xrdb regression introduced by the CVE-2011-0465 fix [rhel-5] | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Adam Jackson <ajax> |
| Component: | xorg-x11-server-utils | Assignee: | Adam Jackson <ajax> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 5.6 | CC: | ajax, bressers, ejb, gnugv_maintainer, goeran, jlieskov, j.s.peatfield, marco, mjelists, peder.stray, security-response-team, simon.matter, solgato, syeghiay, tis, vdanen |
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | public=20110405,reported=20110224,source=vendorsec,impact=moderate,cvss2=7.6/AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C,rhel-5/xorg-x11-server-utils=affected,rhel-4/xorg-x11=affected,rhel-6/xorg-x11-server-utils=affected | ||
| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: |
A previous advisory, the RHSA-2011:0433 xorg-x11-server-utils security update, applied a backported patch to fix a flaw in the X server resource database utility, xrdb. While this patch resolved the security issue, it also introduced an error in the macro expansion mechanism. Consequent to this, an attempt to run the xrdb utility could fail with the following messages written to standard error:
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
With this update, the underlying source code has been adapted to correct the macro expansion mechanism, and the xrdb utility now works as expected.
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Story Points: | --- |
| Clone Of: | CVE-2011-0465 | Environment: | |
| Last Closed: | 2011-04-19 06:43:02 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Embargoed: | |||
| Bug Depends On: | 680196, 681589, 681590, 681591, 681592, 681593, 696317, 833998 | ||
| Bug Blocks: | 696310 | ||
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Comment 1
Adam Jackson
2011-04-13 20:21:25 UTC
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A previous advisory, the RHSA-2011:0433 xorg-x11-server-utils security update, applied a backported patch to fix a flaw in the X server resource database utility, xrdb. While this patch resolved the security issue, it also introduced an error in the macro expansion mechanism. Consequent to this, an attempt to run the xrdb utility could fail with the following messages written to standard error:
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
With this update, the underlying source code has been adapted to correct the macro expansion mechanism, and the xrdb utility now works as expected.
*** Bug 695603 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0454.html |