Bug 696316 - xorg-x11-server-utils: xrdb regression introduced by the CVE-2011-0465 fix [rhel-5]
Summary: xorg-x11-server-utils: xrdb regression introduced by the CVE-2011-0465 fix [r...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xorg-x11-server-utils
Version: 5.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
URL:
Whiteboard: public=20110405,reported=20110224,sou...
: 695603 (view as bug list)
Depends On: CVE-2011-0465 681589 681590 681591 681592 681593 696317 833998
Blocks: 696310
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Reported: 2011-04-13 19:56 UTC by Adam Jackson
Modified: 2018-11-14 13:05 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

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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.
Clone Of: CVE-2011-0465
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-04-19 06:43:02 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0454 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE xorg-x11-server-utils bug fix update 2011-04-19 06:42:58 UTC

Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2011-04-13 20:21:25 UTC
3256475 build (RHEL-5.6-Z-candidate, /cvs/dist:rpms/xorg-x11-server-utils/RHEL-5:xorg-x11-server-utils-7_1-5_el5_6_2) completed successfully

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Comment 4 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-04-18 15:12:44 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
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.

Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2011-04-18 17:33:18 UTC
*** Bug 695603 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-04-19 06:43:02 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-2011-0454.html


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