Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:1684 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-12-18
Updated:
2009-12-18

RHBA-2009:1684 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

vixie-cron bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated vixie-cron package that fixes a bug that prevented pam variables
being set with cron jobs is now available.

Description

The vixie-cron package contains the Vixie version of cron. Cron is a
standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times. The
vixie-cron package adds improved security and more powerful configuration
options to the standard version of cron.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • according to the pam man page, the cron daemon, crond, "supports access

control with PAM" but the PAM configuration file for crond did not export
environment variables correctly and, consequently, setting pam variables
via cron did not work. This update includes a corrected /etc/pam.d/crond
file that export environment variables correctly. Setting pam variables via
cron now works as documented. (BZ#546568)

All vixie-cron users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 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 5.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 546568 - cron and /etc/security/pam_env.conf problem

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e6b4ce9d3fab97926ca41389d460c6ca51a875e80bd4ca5a439dbf023e8e3604
ia64
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0987cfa3c63d1bca3c571659942ffc32cfe91aa8744ab7dc504144394dc8558d
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2181298426900183eb1aa6b3d62dbddd6cd1c122fc695e882fe3e46f8f337aca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e6b4ce9d3fab97926ca41389d460c6ca51a875e80bd4ca5a439dbf023e8e3604
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2181298426900183eb1aa6b3d62dbddd6cd1c122fc695e882fe3e46f8f337aca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e6b4ce9d3fab97926ca41389d460c6ca51a875e80bd4ca5a439dbf023e8e3604
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2181298426900183eb1aa6b3d62dbddd6cd1c122fc695e882fe3e46f8f337aca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
s390x
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8a503b482e2847be8a68941f957dc6e8d39585e14ec4b068762e62f64acfe048

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
ppc
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ce6915ad17b83319a72b49b85ebdc0bbd69b14809bdaa71d5a07b0e43a811800

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: af3ebd04a36098099cb2983197504e819a8a737ea303ea28c9f8ce21f3504661
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e6b4ce9d3fab97926ca41389d460c6ca51a875e80bd4ca5a439dbf023e8e3604
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-77.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2181298426900183eb1aa6b3d62dbddd6cd1c122fc695e882fe3e46f8f337aca

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