Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1175 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-08-18
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1175 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

sudo bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated sudo package that fixes one bug and introduces one feature
enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sudo utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability
to run commands as root with logging.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, sudo incorrectly searched for the Lightweight Directory

Access Protocol (LDAP) configuration in the /etc/nss_ldap.conf file. This bug
has been fixed in this update so that sudo now searches the /etc/nslcd.conf
file. (BZ#709235)

As well, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • Because the sudo utility needs to be run with elevated privileges, the sudo

package is now built with RELRO linker flags. (BZ#709859)

All users of sudo are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug and adds this enhancement.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
s390x
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5c2127aaf6b04e0f3a963a774143bdb4a5df9e6afec86c6398a95502e8935fd8
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a823875c0c2d63e1addba5d510140f7c885a9997d44d6101f41f62f0bb27bef4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
ppc64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cc575d87fac7d4b898fb6e561701378e70c59455792ce30a165cbe5ae545ce68
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e2ee64866467a87afdcd57fa2ea58db48d4cf0e507a6a5b5eb01d2acd6b8f321

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
s390x
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5c2127aaf6b04e0f3a963a774143bdb4a5df9e6afec86c6398a95502e8935fd8
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a823875c0c2d63e1addba5d510140f7c885a9997d44d6101f41f62f0bb27bef4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
x86_64
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: de9d9b42bdcbf308db564c9e1d0417d1648ef686242e5f254c630719743cdbe4
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1a012ad540f59c28642be5dc534754ff8a7987f6a3861fef85df0693eeaa82c
i386
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0333c6e534d0c89cfeb70faccfe3c0bf9b9bc483389913350f0ee1b03f6d73ed
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ea6fec02cf4e3f8c54048ee4a566610fa7dffd6f767982539ce15f2b4907391

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: d03ebd923f016bf3fd508fcf7e121ef2b8001228b285f4e3f1c6b82e1713626d
s390x
sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5c2127aaf6b04e0f3a963a774143bdb4a5df9e6afec86c6398a95502e8935fd8
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a823875c0c2d63e1addba5d510140f7c885a9997d44d6101f41f62f0bb27bef4

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