Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:3063 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3063 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

shadow-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The shadow-utils packages include programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, as well as utilities for managing user and group accounts.

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 shadow-utils 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 - 1373645 - useradd allows '.' and '..' as an username which is problematic
  • BZ - 1422497 - userdel unable to remove user with long comment
  • BZ - 1425078 - newgrp fails with sssd configuration parameter 'ignore_group_members'
  • BZ - 1508463 - Add small example to 'chage' documentation

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c3c7da66cf321f99b8487a07e17ea315e24eedba9048540f579df3cec7ffed01
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a878e353dfe8a51969a26ad752b2f6b7ab573e84a76c6082ef2e57bbcb752aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c3c7da66cf321f99b8487a07e17ea315e24eedba9048540f579df3cec7ffed01
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a878e353dfe8a51969a26ad752b2f6b7ab573e84a76c6082ef2e57bbcb752aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c3c7da66cf321f99b8487a07e17ea315e24eedba9048540f579df3cec7ffed01
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a878e353dfe8a51969a26ad752b2f6b7ab573e84a76c6082ef2e57bbcb752aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c3c7da66cf321f99b8487a07e17ea315e24eedba9048540f579df3cec7ffed01
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a878e353dfe8a51969a26ad752b2f6b7ab573e84a76c6082ef2e57bbcb752aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
s390x
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 63e185f00278c1ba78ab391cf87547f07504e9575f26d46e0b0fba3851b9118c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ebb9d0b19bda891ab660d75da2caa60175bd43689beed82ee619ede5feb1c346

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
ppc64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8b414be492d255c7c5855a88c666adb18bfa8fada415a5cbf2e8d2234fae6853
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7198c49326cd95138c4b731a70c65a50e90238bd0b41bffaf4c68927e8b8fa0b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c3c7da66cf321f99b8487a07e17ea315e24eedba9048540f579df3cec7ffed01
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a878e353dfe8a51969a26ad752b2f6b7ab573e84a76c6082ef2e57bbcb752aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 27280d010e4709299ec7da99b35e3bdac8aa27cbcea7bf93914c58c91a9d94f8
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1eaa7e243ca7afe9cdf821e667e695ffaa9acb3a457319cc024e7744c04df045

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

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
s390x
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 63e185f00278c1ba78ab391cf87547f07504e9575f26d46e0b0fba3851b9118c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ebb9d0b19bda891ab660d75da2caa60175bd43689beed82ee619ede5feb1c346

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
aarch64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b71f0efe4a864ab9bbf4ac7e45b4ce3aacede45253d95da18d933e74be113916
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: d793b667636fdd51956463defe675534484e4bc96e2b562a6c0feb98ed8d059a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 27280d010e4709299ec7da99b35e3bdac8aa27cbcea7bf93914c58c91a9d94f8
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1eaa7e243ca7afe9cdf821e667e695ffaa9acb3a457319cc024e7744c04df045

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

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
s390x
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 63e185f00278c1ba78ab391cf87547f07504e9575f26d46e0b0fba3851b9118c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ebb9d0b19bda891ab660d75da2caa60175bd43689beed82ee619ede5feb1c346

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

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
ppc64
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8b414be492d255c7c5855a88c666adb18bfa8fada415a5cbf2e8d2234fae6853
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7198c49326cd95138c4b731a70c65a50e90238bd0b41bffaf4c68927e8b8fa0b

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

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 96e7b826a6fd8cb9b5d743e81a7f7ffc56a8a4fe4651f0b19c21f13a1fa3138d
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 27280d010e4709299ec7da99b35e3bdac8aa27cbcea7bf93914c58c91a9d94f8
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.1.5.1-25.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1eaa7e243ca7afe9cdf821e667e695ffaa9acb3a457319cc024e7744c04df045

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