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:

• Due to an previous enhancement update, the sudo behavior changed to run a
  command as a new child process using the fork() and execve() functions, rather
  than using execve() directly and replace the sudo process. This change in
  behavior caused various problems with custom scripts. This update adds a new
  option to restore the old behavior. This option can be activated by adding
  "Defaults cmnd_no_wait" to the /etc/sudoers file, which fixes this bug.
  (BZ#854513)
  

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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
i386
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa