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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-6505
2015-04-21 13:43:40
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Name        : mksh
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 50f
Release     : 1.fc20
URL         : Summary     : MirBSD enhanced version of the Korn Shell
Description :
mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh),
a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn
shell. It includes bug fixes and feature improvements in order to produce a
modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use, being a
bourne shell replacement, pdksh successor and an alternative to the C shell.

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Update Information:

R50f is a required security and bugfix release:

  * Add a patch marker for vendor patch versioning to mksh.1
  * SECURITY: make unset HISTFILE actually work
  * Document some more issues with the current history code
  * Remove some unused code
  * RCSID-only sync with OpenBSD, for bogus and irrelevant changes
  * Also disable field splitting for alias 'local=	ypeset'
  * Fix read -n-1 to not be identical to read -N-1
  * Several fixes and improvements to lksh(1) and mksh(1) manpages
  * More code (int → size_t), comment and testsuite fixes
  * Make dot.mkshrc more robust (LP#1441853)
  * Fix issues with IFS='' read, found by edualbus
  * Fix integer overflows related to file descriptor parsing, found by Pawel Wylecial (LP#1440685); reduce memory usage for I/O redirs
  * Document in the manpage how to set ±U according to the current locale settings via LANG/LC_* parameters (cf. Debian #782225)
  * Some code cleanup and restructuring
  * Handle number parsing and storing more carefully
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Apr 20 2015 Robert Scheck  50f-1
- Upgrade to 50f
* Thu Mar 19 2015 Robert Scheck  50e-1
- Upgrade to 50e
- Apply https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove
* Wed Oct  8 2014 Robert Scheck  50d-1
- Upgrade to 50d (#1150493)
* Fri Oct  3 2014 Robert Scheck  50c-1
- Upgrade to 50c
* Thu Sep 11 2014 Robert Scheck  50b-1
- Upgrade to 50b
* Sun Aug 17 2014 Fedora Release Engineering  - 50-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild
* Thu Jul  3 2014 Robert Scheck  50-1
- Upgrade to 50
* Sat Jun  7 2014 Fedora Release Engineering  - 49-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Jan 14 2014 Robert Scheck  49-1
- Upgrade to 49
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update mksh' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 20: mksh Security Update

April 30, 2015
R50f is a required security and bugfix release: * Add a patch marker for vendor patch versioning to mksh.1 * SECURITY: make unset HISTFILE actually work * Document some more iss...

Summary

mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh),

a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn

shell. It includes bug fixes and feature improvements in order to produce a

modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use, being a

bourne shell replacement, pdksh successor and an alternative to the C shell.

Update Information:

R50f is a required security and bugfix release:

* Add a patch marker for vendor patch versioning to mksh.1 * SECURITY: make unset HISTFILE actually work * Document some more issues with the current history code * Remove some unused code * RCSID-only sync with OpenBSD, for bogus and irrelevant changes * Also disable field splitting for alias 'local= ypeset' * Fix read -n-1 to not be identical to read -N-1 * Several fixes and improvements to lksh(1) and mksh(1) manpages * More code (int → size_t), comment and testsuite fixes * Make dot.mkshrc more robust (LP#1441853) * Fix issues with IFS='' read, found by edualbus * Fix integer overflows related to file descriptor parsing, found by Pawel Wylecial (LP#1440685); reduce memory usage for I/O redirs * Document in the manpage how to set ±U according to the current locale settings via LANG/LC_* parameters (cf. Debian #782225) * Some code cleanup and restructuring * Handle number parsing and storing more carefully

Change Log

* Mon Apr 20 2015 Robert Scheck 50f-1 - Upgrade to 50f * Thu Mar 19 2015 Robert Scheck 50e-1 - Upgrade to 50e - Apply https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove * Wed Oct 8 2014 Robert Scheck 50d-1 - Upgrade to 50d (#1150493) * Fri Oct 3 2014 Robert Scheck 50c-1 - Upgrade to 50c * Thu Sep 11 2014 Robert Scheck 50b-1 - Upgrade to 50b * Sun Aug 17 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 50-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jul 3 2014 Robert Scheck 50-1 - Upgrade to 50 * Sat Jun 7 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 49-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Jan 14 2014 Robert Scheck 49-1 - Upgrade to 49

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-6505 2015-04-21 13:43:40 Name : mksh Product : Fedora 20 Version : 50f Release : 1.fc20 URL : Summary : MirBSD enhanced version of the Korn Shell Description : mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh), a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn shell. It includes bug fixes and feature improvements in order to produce a modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use, being a bourne shell replacement, pdksh successor and an alternative to the C shell.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mksh' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : mksh
Product : Fedora 20
Version : 50f
Release : 1.fc20
URL : Summary : MirBSD enhanced version of the Korn Shell

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