Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:1270 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-09-17
Updated:
2012-09-17

RHBA-2012:1270 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

sudo bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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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
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
x86_64
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 46137566a340dc722fff84d754d90e7a60a064bebf5612b0d0dc7de6870e3d64
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03c474dd3817cbff740a366927c8a2e0ef8937cf4b0d8fbdc5edb9913bbc3a90
ia64
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: dbf96f78f1d035915cd8954f579417f46268fe8b3ed6a00849f7ee8ad3352416
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 5a30127b019c83a2ffbcf90fd76560f34b390053692ed2fc05660d0fe1c490f4
i386
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4228689efeb1bdb2887cb91ba3222cde9cc10a7415cdb9fb884eda784aa93e9c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
x86_64
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 46137566a340dc722fff84d754d90e7a60a064bebf5612b0d0dc7de6870e3d64
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03c474dd3817cbff740a366927c8a2e0ef8937cf4b0d8fbdc5edb9913bbc3a90
i386
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4228689efeb1bdb2887cb91ba3222cde9cc10a7415cdb9fb884eda784aa93e9c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
x86_64
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 46137566a340dc722fff84d754d90e7a60a064bebf5612b0d0dc7de6870e3d64
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03c474dd3817cbff740a366927c8a2e0ef8937cf4b0d8fbdc5edb9913bbc3a90
i386
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4228689efeb1bdb2887cb91ba3222cde9cc10a7415cdb9fb884eda784aa93e9c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
s390x
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5e53fe0e9975ef24c304a9a923d1bb891627807c7a3951f64cb09ca840142b4c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 20d45e1b400efeaaeb3c0a3ac89536e4cd837875ee5fe8dfa54b5110a183ab9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
ppc
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 25f3ad24dbb8993e5f1597a0fa6a61d0be3b269a4bfe709623093efd3f505047
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f6b27ca24c35bbff31a0058fd6906e67ec24eb48b5b09af4e82fab129c5e5bbe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 5ebfec1633199eacb5257a636bea6149259ee0eb64c3eb13e1abb9d7f87cbb0a
x86_64
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 46137566a340dc722fff84d754d90e7a60a064bebf5612b0d0dc7de6870e3d64
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03c474dd3817cbff740a366927c8a2e0ef8937cf4b0d8fbdc5edb9913bbc3a90
i386
sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4228689efeb1bdb2887cb91ba3222cde9cc10a7415cdb9fb884eda784aa93e9c
sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: a2386724fd7fb5bd11e4ccc3ffe3c0c978a5bdabacc581c366906553ac9903aa

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