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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:0754 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-03-30
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:0754 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

cronie bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

The cronie packages contain the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified
programs at scheduled times and related tools. They are a fork of the original
vixie-cron cron implementation and have security and configuration enhancements
like the ability to use pam and SELinux.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to a regression in parsing the /etc/anacrontab file caused by the previous

cronie erratum released in the Fastrack channel, environment variables set in
the /etc/anacrontab file were not recognized, and error messages were logged.
These updated cronie packages fix the regression, and the variables are now set
correctly for anacron jobs. (BZ#1204175)

Users of cronie 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 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 6 x86_64
  • 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 - 1204175 - cronie-anacron-1.4.4-14.el6.x86_64 doesn't like its own /etc/anacrontab syntax

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
s390x
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 09e92a1190786af408a9fa4fdf9615e947997b91c47ec5faa97b4365ebdd1417
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1d3057b495f1fb0448f1544c18655b9ed48e4b3979a1609b8de99a87b51257a0
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8decd7ad466efa7127a31888309637d52c73f6f25164beec69313ae4c0ed9a5d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6996b7946e95768c486abda2def20d8c3c822d7457a1dc325656b7c0fff58f16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
ppc64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ab164115671e63f4c92ae96191272bde78f77e2a2cc452df663dad96d569c358
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 10b1aedc3ed6efadf4c2ddbd2728eadb5c08446eab3fa662861dddd07eb16733
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: feb147197b657337b49d35ad094ffc1aed4d36f319e64e0a1f903a9a0dd7eac7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e1740c128fa7d8083de8f2565a306a508ab7b5b7208829cf99f82d09cfe0b7bf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

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

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
s390x
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 09e92a1190786af408a9fa4fdf9615e947997b91c47ec5faa97b4365ebdd1417
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1d3057b495f1fb0448f1544c18655b9ed48e4b3979a1609b8de99a87b51257a0
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8decd7ad466efa7127a31888309637d52c73f6f25164beec69313ae4c0ed9a5d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6996b7946e95768c486abda2def20d8c3c822d7457a1dc325656b7c0fff58f16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
x86_64
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8fca408f6f629780cafa3fcba56daca9d4c950baa866bdf9c0566692f3141236
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9d00f4afa37c87c05e37835857ac33dda66d3782dfb66ce5af8e5d4330e2ec6b
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b292db8cc30a632ae82a3bf5044941041af0296af5a5779d6e658c52f2f521d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c17b0eea4fdd1800500ca04ae8dd891670b0b7f1e981ef574fa1b80dde9ed569
i386
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c734ad298fac7fc0da4848e975fa64577236e70eb51d54721f3f6362ecaba4b1
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: aa8578d2f14818ba9c839f251f64b1b5498d92dede1bf9fae6439ae39fbb9b06
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7ca70e8d76435b51672fc901ed2dd7c2bdb3455a504e63b50e3e5ebff73162c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b12000b89f84dc331c731f69e007229462d4f7228a37cefe115aaebb1f147339

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

SRPM
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a8d8f6beb9c3cf2d0c1b811f7b3040899fd5ad7a768f91513e70ad8b6e506e09
s390x
cronie-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 09e92a1190786af408a9fa4fdf9615e947997b91c47ec5faa97b4365ebdd1417
cronie-anacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1d3057b495f1fb0448f1544c18655b9ed48e4b3979a1609b8de99a87b51257a0
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8decd7ad466efa7127a31888309637d52c73f6f25164beec69313ae4c0ed9a5d
cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-15.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6996b7946e95768c486abda2def20d8c3c822d7457a1dc325656b7c0fff58f16

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