Recommended update for ksh

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ksh
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1115-1
Rating: moderate
References: #808449 #814135 #824187
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
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    An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update for Korn Shell provides fixes for the following
    issues:

    * #808449: set -k does not work properly with
    ksh-93t-13.17 and higher
    * #814135: crash in bestreclaim() after traversing a
    memory block with a very large size
    * #824187: set -k breaks aliases with ksh-93u.

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-ksh-7905
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-ksh-7865
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ksh-7905
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ksh-7905
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ksh-7865
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ksh-7865
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ksh-7905
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-ksh-7865

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.27.5
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.27.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • ksh-93u-0.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.27.5
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.27.5

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/808449
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/814135
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824187
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2cfe09f9102e196a2446bf3838a3c94c
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=75c4a44739ca1fb4445752cb3a505ff3
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cbb4a040d70cda979f4402c702eb8a16