Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0171 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-02-16
Updated:
2011-02-16

RHBA-2010:0171 - 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 is now available.

Description

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

This updated vixie-cron package includes support for access control with PAM.

All users of vixie-cron are advised to 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 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 562022 - cron and /etc/security/pam_env.conf problem 4.8

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: aaa719dd98e28a36821dd066e06142685f2e91bf21478ef6d46efbfc00ee6657
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fffe09999bc89bf240632fd15529fcd84993e0aceafd4324cf03b641ae9efd95
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fffe09999bc89bf240632fd15529fcd84993e0aceafd4324cf03b641ae9efd95
ia64
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 298bfa56cd7dee317e7b997dfcc139d42650c1b3fe0a8bdfde296ddcf8d2e49a
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 298bfa56cd7dee317e7b997dfcc139d42650c1b3fe0a8bdfde296ddcf8d2e49a
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1ec82e0a7e70946775ceb2a57b590acb9ec5de9b14e11df6e32ecf7d407cc1a
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1ec82e0a7e70946775ceb2a57b590acb9ec5de9b14e11df6e32ecf7d407cc1a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: aaa719dd98e28a36821dd066e06142685f2e91bf21478ef6d46efbfc00ee6657
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fffe09999bc89bf240632fd15529fcd84993e0aceafd4324cf03b641ae9efd95
ia64
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 298bfa56cd7dee317e7b997dfcc139d42650c1b3fe0a8bdfde296ddcf8d2e49a
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1ec82e0a7e70946775ceb2a57b590acb9ec5de9b14e11df6e32ecf7d407cc1a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: aaa719dd98e28a36821dd066e06142685f2e91bf21478ef6d46efbfc00ee6657
x86_64
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fffe09999bc89bf240632fd15529fcd84993e0aceafd4324cf03b641ae9efd95
i386
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1ec82e0a7e70946775ceb2a57b590acb9ec5de9b14e11df6e32ecf7d407cc1a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: aaa719dd98e28a36821dd066e06142685f2e91bf21478ef6d46efbfc00ee6657
s390x
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 857607b08420712edae0cd048e79e3469df26f4037d0516e9a6f0b3be69f3470
s390
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 28ebeffb76e6b2e529a6124cbfc6e5b1e531debc74665915d9ba604bca03f09f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: aaa719dd98e28a36821dd066e06142685f2e91bf21478ef6d46efbfc00ee6657
ppc
vixie-cron-4.1-58.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 725f651acdebd48b4535c30251316d415e9cc999f147bf327bf075a0d8657417

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