Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2007:0972 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2007-11-15
Updated:
2007-11-15

RHBA-2007:0972 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

rsh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated rsh-server package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The rsh-server package contains programs which allow users to run commands
on remote machines, log in to other machines, copy files between machines
(rsh, rlogin and rcp),and an alternate method of executing remote commands
(rexec). All of these programs are run by xinetd and can be configured
through PAM and the configuration files in the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • rshd and rlogind did not work if the IP address could not be resolved to

a hostname.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated rsh-server package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
x86_64
rsh-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d7e7485b7ba6308fee454b0b470a8d901be1e18133e87059f6ec64dfb721b2ae
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5058bae1d1ffb01b64efe2e2af47918d6c5ea6d33f0dd954b69d92f22ddc1cd2
ia64
rsh-0.17-38.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d538b8af629641416083212f15f08e671710facb0586d01a5dbb8d72d2a5c113
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e723525a242349d869915edb2fb020a040fa74e5d3352f6690496141bb39a23c
i386
rsh-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 9063e846e520633e7f4f0ae58a0113513e858e0a265175feff8ad0e310fb0128
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e568d3ebbc4c4097a39bbc8d76820f61ad95bc2e799c7e8f5100b19d067474d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
x86_64
rsh-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d7e7485b7ba6308fee454b0b470a8d901be1e18133e87059f6ec64dfb721b2ae
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5058bae1d1ffb01b64efe2e2af47918d6c5ea6d33f0dd954b69d92f22ddc1cd2
i386
rsh-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 9063e846e520633e7f4f0ae58a0113513e858e0a265175feff8ad0e310fb0128
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e568d3ebbc4c4097a39bbc8d76820f61ad95bc2e799c7e8f5100b19d067474d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
x86_64
rsh-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d7e7485b7ba6308fee454b0b470a8d901be1e18133e87059f6ec64dfb721b2ae
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5058bae1d1ffb01b64efe2e2af47918d6c5ea6d33f0dd954b69d92f22ddc1cd2
i386
rsh-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 9063e846e520633e7f4f0ae58a0113513e858e0a265175feff8ad0e310fb0128
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e568d3ebbc4c4097a39bbc8d76820f61ad95bc2e799c7e8f5100b19d067474d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
s390x
rsh-0.17-38.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 37d6bcf9e5a54e2779e4a274a5797f305d514157080a5e8ddcee0d7ddca2053b
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b5226626c9604bf6a5aece27b4312dbf2e13135378ca8f227bda2c020e5b0eab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
ppc
rsh-0.17-38.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 61fd39532d1f1c06dba401f8e6d25e9d83564fe0b7f6a885d947a083e9280483
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 09920ebe3ebff58da60f68a3b82e06cb83f8427d2f445c1cf39586eca917bcb4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
rsh-0.17-38.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 36bd7c2fbbc61bdbe877846153eed8e5bdbb6471ee50a5881d5e1a4c4b3d38ee
x86_64
rsh-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d7e7485b7ba6308fee454b0b470a8d901be1e18133e87059f6ec64dfb721b2ae
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5058bae1d1ffb01b64efe2e2af47918d6c5ea6d33f0dd954b69d92f22ddc1cd2
i386
rsh-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 9063e846e520633e7f4f0ae58a0113513e858e0a265175feff8ad0e310fb0128
rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3e568d3ebbc4c4097a39bbc8d76820f61ad95bc2e799c7e8f5100b19d067474d

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