Bug 840840 - function readdir_r appears to return data beyond the buffer (overflow)
Summary: function readdir_r appears to return data beyond the buffer (overflow)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: man-pages
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Peter Schiffer
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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Depends On: 621953
Blocks: RHEL-5-MPO
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-17 11:03 UTC by Peter Schiffer
Modified: 2014-03-25 11:37 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 621953
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Last Closed: 2014-03-25 11:37:27 UTC
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Description Peter Schiffer 2012-07-17 11:03:54 UTC 
This is a clone of original report: bug #621953.
The description of problem is contained in the original bug report.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2013-05-01 06:41:43 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2014-02-25 00:16:44 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 13:38:56 UTC 
This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.
Comment 5 Peter Schiffer 2014-03-25 11:37:27 UTC 
This bug has been fixed via man-pages-overrides package. Due to a late development phase of RHEL-5, further update of this component is not expected. Therefore, we are closing this bug as WONTFIX.
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