RHBA-2013:0619 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sudo packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the sudo utility executed commands directly and replaced the sudo

process. However, in a previous update, internal execution method of commands in
sudo changed and sudo now runs commands as child processes. This change in
behavior caused problems with custom scripts. This update adds the cmnd_no_wait
option; with it, the old behavior is restored and commands are executed directly
in the sudo process, thus fixing this bug.
(BZ#891593)

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

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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