Issued:
2014-06-25
Updated:
2014-06-25

RHBA-2014:0787 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

coreutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated coreutils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The coreutils packages contain the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • A recent update of the coreutils packages incorrectly fixed the signal

handling in the su utility. As a consequence, when the SIGTERM signal was
received, a parent process was killed instead of the su process. With this
update, handling of the SIGTERM signal has been fixed and su no longer kills the
parent process upon receiving the termination signal. (BZ#1111584)

Users of coreutils 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1111584 - su terminates its parent process upon receiving SIGTERM

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
s390x
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ad4be3bec3c2099ca9ba7e5d9c134be78b8abb46213e1e2d41c642a2834a7ad1
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 699b89832d5a1dab03f96f8df7b5d02c86628930e85e6a014761404b5998f29a
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cbe299477a5c4a1d1ca2d168f4743f96a81dd7d146de919e6559b19df6821a86

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
s390x
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ad4be3bec3c2099ca9ba7e5d9c134be78b8abb46213e1e2d41c642a2834a7ad1
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 699b89832d5a1dab03f96f8df7b5d02c86628930e85e6a014761404b5998f29a
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cbe299477a5c4a1d1ca2d168f4743f96a81dd7d146de919e6559b19df6821a86

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
ppc64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9e0c02a2786dfb72d92b3683dc05c3612a128a1e90085bac618383bb0552c560
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7b69f3d5c54498579c033d792455ea60d76e77dc63788f6526c0e74e932eb5e1
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 418cda232b9d50a4d42610d39d3864d38938948009846fd229ecd0bd9251826e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
ppc64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9e0c02a2786dfb72d92b3683dc05c3612a128a1e90085bac618383bb0552c560
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7b69f3d5c54498579c033d792455ea60d76e77dc63788f6526c0e74e932eb5e1
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 418cda232b9d50a4d42610d39d3864d38938948009846fd229ecd0bd9251826e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45
i386
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fbc0585a63ce767692ffce699f0e93f5545cc3d336dd82012de5cbbcefa2e94
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3e22d9eb1e17be56e94255f88b141c8394c46e91cb970cddad0f1eb9399f5525
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 639dcc0e8b749bcbc6c94342d378a95c8f3365b893f93bdde0f124464aeab64f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5259b2af6df36c74dccf199b35977dad03e3aa13424d95b1112902c19b915279
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d8e5ce9878a41ffba038e69e110d795024e816f883472730cb8149b8f95c8cc
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 13954b82bd957778b930fbcd5119237dde6d0c67ae445481ce17f5c5af924d45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e5d7d7d3e0cb5edb8891512e48956392042566eb63f9bffc56392b5d6c42bcfd
s390x
coreutils-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ad4be3bec3c2099ca9ba7e5d9c134be78b8abb46213e1e2d41c642a2834a7ad1
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 699b89832d5a1dab03f96f8df7b5d02c86628930e85e6a014761404b5998f29a
coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cbe299477a5c4a1d1ca2d168f4743f96a81dd7d146de919e6559b19df6821a86

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