Synopsis

sudo bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sudo packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain
users the ability to run commands as root.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The RHSA-2012:1149 sudo security update introduced a regression that caused
  the permissions of the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to change during the installation
  or upgrade of the sudo package. This could cause various services to be unable
  to access the file. In reported cases, this bug prevented PostgreSQL from
  starting. This update fixes the bug and the file's permissions are no longer
  changed in the described scenario. (BZ#846974)
  

All users of sudo are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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 Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 846974 - Postgresql fail to start on RHEL 5.8

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.3.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a62b689c6718f3fe0033f0945e4ab605c8be158cdc7e7b81b55f1a82a84a48de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.3.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a62b689c6718f3fe0033f0945e4ab605c8be158cdc7e7b81b55f1a82a84a48de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.3.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a62b689c6718f3fe0033f0945e4ab605c8be158cdc7e7b81b55f1a82a84a48de

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.3.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a62b689c6718f3fe0033f0945e4ab605c8be158cdc7e7b81b55f1a82a84a48de