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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:3022 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3022 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

rng-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for rng-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The rng-tools packages contain random number generator user-space utilities, such as the rngd daemon.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of rng-tools 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 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1558616 - mismatch of the rngd options in help and man pages
  • BZ - 1609888 - verbose 'rngd --quiet'
  • BZ - 1627822 - rngd: failed to init TPM2 RNG

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.6_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd9e9a80e5271970e85a0b58cbb50377971fef4c6fabca9bccb8debcdd1af1ae
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc7d68e080cd47191663d5a1229f81deabc66d638f73c2b41705505824e10f13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd9e9a80e5271970e85a0b58cbb50377971fef4c6fabca9bccb8debcdd1af1ae
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc7d68e080cd47191663d5a1229f81deabc66d638f73c2b41705505824e10f13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd9e9a80e5271970e85a0b58cbb50377971fef4c6fabca9bccb8debcdd1af1ae
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc7d68e080cd47191663d5a1229f81deabc66d638f73c2b41705505824e10f13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd9e9a80e5271970e85a0b58cbb50377971fef4c6fabca9bccb8debcdd1af1ae
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc7d68e080cd47191663d5a1229f81deabc66d638f73c2b41705505824e10f13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
s390x
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f08d1c62450c38082e8e81d31245160fdadedbfde8ac9aa7b1b824b382699c10
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a8cb78f52da9d0c0fcaeae2f3469922e3ac14a45ed8139db43bd438ec0131cd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
ppc64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2069dfb4de469bc31e667ec6d38c10428b92f8ba3dfc135bf433ddc29aca631c
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5e6100de6254cc300cebb3f8df47eae4cdf4ca9478ec65fb72549877c3d5153b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fd9e9a80e5271970e85a0b58cbb50377971fef4c6fabca9bccb8debcdd1af1ae
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc7d68e080cd47191663d5a1229f81deabc66d638f73c2b41705505824e10f13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cfd84f41ce05f0b34c0884745fa8b7fb89492c8c09b38b5d25672a958d267bac
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 96826413cc8e2327c2efce66d60d0a786e404b383eeeaaa910a631e4d02d7cf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
s390x
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f08d1c62450c38082e8e81d31245160fdadedbfde8ac9aa7b1b824b382699c10
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a8cb78f52da9d0c0fcaeae2f3469922e3ac14a45ed8139db43bd438ec0131cd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
aarch64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3bcff9b0bb0fb444df0722f988c866064023fbb7e4bcd7e77967e241f36ad7ed
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 601d7ac9e0676859f524a540c06e7a0ab04814534c973e33a72733bee71cf047

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cfd84f41ce05f0b34c0884745fa8b7fb89492c8c09b38b5d25672a958d267bac
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 96826413cc8e2327c2efce66d60d0a786e404b383eeeaaa910a631e4d02d7cf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
s390x
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f08d1c62450c38082e8e81d31245160fdadedbfde8ac9aa7b1b824b382699c10
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a8cb78f52da9d0c0fcaeae2f3469922e3ac14a45ed8139db43bd438ec0131cd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
ppc64
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2069dfb4de469bc31e667ec6d38c10428b92f8ba3dfc135bf433ddc29aca631c
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5e6100de6254cc300cebb3f8df47eae4cdf4ca9478ec65fb72549877c3d5153b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 13857f0a9ff2292292fb5020bcfcc8a90d7cc260f777e571c7cee54cd7487817
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cfd84f41ce05f0b34c0884745fa8b7fb89492c8c09b38b5d25672a958d267bac
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-3.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 96826413cc8e2327c2efce66d60d0a786e404b383eeeaaa910a631e4d02d7cf9

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