Bug 631815 - null pointer dereference crashes tcsh
Summary: null pointer dereference crashes tcsh
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tcsh
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Vitezslav Crhonek
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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Depends On: 624450 689382
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-08 12:53 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2018-10-27 13:19 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Under certain circumstances, a null pointer may have been incorrectly dereferenced, causing the tcsh shell to terminate unexpectedly. With this update, the pointer is now checked properly and tcsh no longer crashes.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-03 19:19:11 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0823 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE tcsh bug fix update 2010-11-03 19:19:07 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-09-08 12:53:46 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #624450 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 4 Jaromir Hradilek 2010-09-13 11:15:47 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
Under certain circumstances, a null pointer may have been incorrectly dereferenced, causing the tcsh shell to terminate unexpectedly. With this update, the pointer is now checked properly and tcsh no longer crashes.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-03 19:19:11 UTC
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-2010-0823.html


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