RHBA-2012:1367 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated setup packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The setup packages provide a set of important system configuration and setup
files, such as passwd, group, and profile.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the "/etc/profile" script used a non-portable method for

undefining the pathmunge() function. As a consequence, the script could
encounter problems when using the korn shell (ksh). This update modifies the
undefining method of the function to work more efficiently with alternative
shells. (BZ#791140)

• Prior to this update, the accounts for the haproxy system user, the

jbosson-agentsystem user, and the jbosson system group were created with dynamic
uid/gid assignment, which is not recommended for network daemons and for
sensitive data. With this update, the static uid/gid pair 188:188 can be used to
create these users and groups. (BZ#839410, BZ#860221)

All users of setup are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• 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 (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

• BZ - 860221 - haproxy needs static uid/gid assignment

CVEs

(none)

References

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