- 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
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
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 | |
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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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