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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0625 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0625 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

logrotate bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for logrotate is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of logrotate are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 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 - 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 - 1369242 - logrotate crash when using long dateformat [el6]

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html
  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c3d7e5db1e032d1456b9688d5fe071b8b1de95fb400f6ce93c5326e59e4f870c
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5a41562076235b745d5131339130297695e193698671c05cf2a694dad0debbdc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c3d7e5db1e032d1456b9688d5fe071b8b1de95fb400f6ce93c5326e59e4f870c
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5a41562076235b745d5131339130297695e193698671c05cf2a694dad0debbdc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c3d7e5db1e032d1456b9688d5fe071b8b1de95fb400f6ce93c5326e59e4f870c
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5a41562076235b745d5131339130297695e193698671c05cf2a694dad0debbdc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c3d7e5db1e032d1456b9688d5fe071b8b1de95fb400f6ce93c5326e59e4f870c
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5a41562076235b745d5131339130297695e193698671c05cf2a694dad0debbdc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
s390x
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 090d4e4662e4ee98fba5239fefbccd34617fbd8104dc69eac2da6955152b4abc
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2f09e0b328a0602d328ac91d09dacd0c6daa915764fb540178436ae5d9ef1b42

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
ppc64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e1a1475c9ef8709940d2927f4205938bdca0216bd595c36c856e0b535e93bca1
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0b3aa7d212b6158189583cc2bef8ffc4e529ae12e2e607855ccffbefe1cd71be

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
s390x
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 090d4e4662e4ee98fba5239fefbccd34617fbd8104dc69eac2da6955152b4abc
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2f09e0b328a0602d328ac91d09dacd0c6daa915764fb540178436ae5d9ef1b42

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
x86_64
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 04e4c7b012c0390ae969146e8816ab8cd4b64e12247fd7631dd72d868515dc22
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4fc5e62676cffaeb6d61645789b8f1db98797b9766a9cfbed2433f2d10544fa
i386
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c3d7e5db1e032d1456b9688d5fe071b8b1de95fb400f6ce93c5326e59e4f870c
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5a41562076235b745d5131339130297695e193698671c05cf2a694dad0debbdc

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 15c45ad4ddf092b31166a4474917b318ac4d323329efa1e303c793e88b4d4885
s390x
logrotate-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 090d4e4662e4ee98fba5239fefbccd34617fbd8104dc69eac2da6955152b4abc
logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-28.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2f09e0b328a0602d328ac91d09dacd0c6daa915764fb540178436ae5d9ef1b42

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