Synopsis

logrotate bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated logrotate packages that fix several bugs and add two enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The logrotate utility simplifies the administration of multiple log files,
allowing the automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When the logrotate utility attempted to write its status file while
  insufficient disk space was available, logrotate wrote only part of the status
  file and stopped. When the disk space became free again, and log rotate
  attempted to read its records, logrotate terminated unexpectedly. This bug has
  been fixed, and logrotate no longer crashes in the aforementioned scenario.
  (BZ#625034)
  
• Previously, the daily cronjob of logrotate redirected all error messages to
  the /dev/null device file, thus suppressing all the relevant information for
  troubleshooting. With this update, all error messages containing detailed error
  reports are mailed to the root user. In addition, the /etc/cron.daily/logrotate
  file has been marked as a configuration file in RPM. (BZ#722209)
  
• Previously, the /etc/cron.daily/logrotate file had incorrect permissions set.
  This update changes the permissions to 0700, and /etc/cron.daily/logrotate now
  conforms to Red Hat security policy GEN003080. (BZ#1012485)
  
• The logrotate utility incorrectly deleted data files alphabetically instead
  of based on their age when the when the "-%d-%m-%Y" date format was used. This
  update sorts files returned by the glob() function according to the date
  extension. As a result, when the aforementioned date format is used, the oldest
  log is now removed as expected. (BZ#1117189)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The logrotate "olddir" directive now automatically creates a directory if it
  is not already present. (BZ#1125769)
  
• This update adds logrotate features for "size" directive parsing and "maxsize"
  directive. (BZ#1047899)
  

Users of logrotate are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 625034 - [log-rotate] [rhel6] update of logrotate.status should be atomic
• BZ - 722209 - /etc/cron.daily/logrotate should not suppress messages and is not marked as a configuration file
• BZ - 984965 - cppcheck reveals new errors in 16->17 release
• BZ - 1012485 - /etc/cron.daily/logrotate breaks rule GEN003080 in Red Hat security guide

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9f475d6cd26e84bca023bcff4d709476dde577092bfad382ed1751a9a63814b8
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7c36793789cb14e7db5a2788535386b16dd418741b50ed10aaf85a0e508d9ab0
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ce6b953ae6e64eb6f940cf641b3ba25ad4c90f940d2698a4c2b7e87ca38b87a6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5d4a221f8d70a42e3bc49eebd0134a76400000a70023b0eefffd7a58f9dd9008

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9f475d6cd26e84bca023bcff4d709476dde577092bfad382ed1751a9a63814b8
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7c36793789cb14e7db5a2788535386b16dd418741b50ed10aaf85a0e508d9ab0
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ce6b953ae6e64eb6f940cf641b3ba25ad4c90f940d2698a4c2b7e87ca38b87a6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5d4a221f8d70a42e3bc49eebd0134a76400000a70023b0eefffd7a58f9dd9008

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9f475d6cd26e84bca023bcff4d709476dde577092bfad382ed1751a9a63814b8
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7c36793789cb14e7db5a2788535386b16dd418741b50ed10aaf85a0e508d9ab0
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ce6b953ae6e64eb6f940cf641b3ba25ad4c90f940d2698a4c2b7e87ca38b87a6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5d4a221f8d70a42e3bc49eebd0134a76400000a70023b0eefffd7a58f9dd9008

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
s390x
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: a783f257faba0e8e161dd84da6b90f60776fd6a8ecd4048b7a02b585de813283
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 513a77a408addc63061ab29e87bf701ca2219f5bd17d92e04ae90d3a0555f7e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
ppc64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 792cbb89c410d6a837001059d8e1912cd1df2baafb7b02225dd3d96f85125f62
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 39a1f6230cbb3517170cb8c1fc32fab649d925321007653d066135132f78bec9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9f475d6cd26e84bca023bcff4d709476dde577092bfad382ed1751a9a63814b8
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7c36793789cb14e7db5a2788535386b16dd418741b50ed10aaf85a0e508d9ab0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d08f77c6fc5c4848ba8d11ad464d46ab93a5e8bb04633be4b1a0730d3751cc87
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9f475d6cd26e84bca023bcff4d709476dde577092bfad382ed1751a9a63814b8
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7c36793789cb14e7db5a2788535386b16dd418741b50ed10aaf85a0e508d9ab0
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ce6b953ae6e64eb6f940cf641b3ba25ad4c90f940d2698a4c2b7e87ca38b87a6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-23.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5d4a221f8d70a42e3bc49eebd0134a76400000a70023b0eefffd7a58f9dd9008