Bug 1481714 – shell segfaults due to invalid pointer in ncurses [rhel-7.4.z]

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Bug 1481714 - shell segfaults due to invalid pointer in ncurses [rhel-7.4.z]

Summary:	shell segfaults due to invalid pointer in ncurses [rhel-7.4.z]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ncurses (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	urgent Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact:	Maryna Nalbandian
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Keywords:	EasyFix, FastFix, Patch, Reproducer, ZStream

Depends On:	1426215
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Reported:	2017-08-15 09:59 EDT by Oneata Mircea Teodor
Modified:	2017-09-05 07:31 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	ncurses-5.9-14.20130511.el7_4
Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	Prior to this update, setting the $TERM environment variable repeatedly caused command-line shells, such as bash, zsh, or tcsh, to terminate unexpectedly. This update fixes an invalid pointer that caused this bug when the ncurses-term package was installed. The described problem no longer occurs.
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Clone Of:	1426215
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Last Closed:	2017-09-05 07:31:50 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2017:2586	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	ncurses bug fix update	2017-09-05 11:19:49 EDT

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Description Oneata Mircea Teodor 2017-08-15 09:59:35 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #1426215 and has been proposed to be backported to 7.4 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-05 07:31:50 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2586

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