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From: chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu (Chet Ramey)
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Subject: Bash-1.14.7 released
Date: 27 Aug 1996 18:14:35 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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The seventh patch release of Bash-1.14 is available for anonymous
FTP with the URL
ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/bash-1.14.7.tar.gz
Diffs from version 1.14.6 are available as
ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/bash-1.14.6-1.14.7.diff.gz
A document describing the fixes made in bash-1.14.7 is in the
file NEWS in the distribution. A copy is appended. This release
adds no new features and fixes two bugs. It's being made as
a result of the recent security problem.
To apply diffs to an existing bash-1.14.6 installation to bring
it up to 1.14.7, cd to the bash-1.14.6 source directory and type
`patch -p1 < patch-file'.
These files will soon be available for anonymous FTP from the
usual GNU archives.
Bug reports concerning bash may be sent to bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu.
There is a `bashbug' program in the distribution that should
be used to report bugs.
========== NEWS ==========
This file documents the bugs fixed between this release, bash-1.14.7,
and the last public bash release, 1.14.6.
1. Bugs fixed in Bash
a. A memory leak that caused long-running scripts to eventually consume
all available memory was fixed.
b. A sign-extension bug that caused a security hole for non-interactive
shells was fixed.
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu