Recommended update for ksh

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ksh
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0499-1
Rating: moderate
References: #743244 #744355 #744589 #744992
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
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    An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update for ksh fixes the following reports:

    * 743244: job control failure when backgrounding
    processes
    * 744355: builtin ulimit fails sporadically
    * 744589: Fix memory leak, crashes, weirdness
    * 744992: Fix segfault on %0s

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-ksh-5879
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-ksh-5879

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.13.1
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.13.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.13.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/743244
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744355
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744589
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744992
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ba89d0fdce9a5b0edf8947b03b068c4a
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ee60f2eb15400a60f28bd7a0c2f580a3