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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:3202 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3202 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

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 7.

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 7.6 Release 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 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 - 1374550 - After a failure, logrotate doesn't clean up its incomplete work, leaving it in an unrunnable state
  • BZ - 1556993 - logrotate appears miscalculating hours.

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
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
x86_64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12c32c5f70dd4fcc5d6c3bad9183ea09d2e9c5d2d2610b059edc6b2e42a6287d
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb7e487b5a551824b930ea5b29619c68cfe8fb4b21958211e273366e8e97fc57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
x86_64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12c32c5f70dd4fcc5d6c3bad9183ea09d2e9c5d2d2610b059edc6b2e42a6287d
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb7e487b5a551824b930ea5b29619c68cfe8fb4b21958211e273366e8e97fc57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
x86_64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12c32c5f70dd4fcc5d6c3bad9183ea09d2e9c5d2d2610b059edc6b2e42a6287d
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb7e487b5a551824b930ea5b29619c68cfe8fb4b21958211e273366e8e97fc57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
x86_64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12c32c5f70dd4fcc5d6c3bad9183ea09d2e9c5d2d2610b059edc6b2e42a6287d
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb7e487b5a551824b930ea5b29619c68cfe8fb4b21958211e273366e8e97fc57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
s390x
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 67375d62e07260b78264d094680fc05698f8556aab823d9f97c1ad5be689cf83
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b230a6be8f5ddeb4aa54a2ab91302d9d211d41a5f083ba117a97011393cc5ec4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
ppc64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 76eb253b821ab1bdfcf46962ae20e56c22e0186f3ce85b66da6922d963dbb0c9
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b5e82deb40b3ac3d5bb0c1913aedd98a993d07e7229dd4ddea6f391d6f21383c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
x86_64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12c32c5f70dd4fcc5d6c3bad9183ea09d2e9c5d2d2610b059edc6b2e42a6287d
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb7e487b5a551824b930ea5b29619c68cfe8fb4b21958211e273366e8e97fc57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
ppc64le
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cc37b24c0c9e1d03d2367efadb7a827533c19cd680acf3961a7a30b5c9f7d2d6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 628f604d941bd963bb8d427f5d7a4d90c48b8050e09f132c5b5e6a0424db036d

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
s390x
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 67375d62e07260b78264d094680fc05698f8556aab823d9f97c1ad5be689cf83
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b230a6be8f5ddeb4aa54a2ab91302d9d211d41a5f083ba117a97011393cc5ec4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
aarch64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e5ac4ebb7570bb916e68506e45a77fea36a0253e4a673e6186d0d08936748237
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 828d7f97b778038115829984102dd2059d813a602360b0c4c065e51cc4ca0efc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
ppc64le
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cc37b24c0c9e1d03d2367efadb7a827533c19cd680acf3961a7a30b5c9f7d2d6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 628f604d941bd963bb8d427f5d7a4d90c48b8050e09f132c5b5e6a0424db036d

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
s390x
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 67375d62e07260b78264d094680fc05698f8556aab823d9f97c1ad5be689cf83
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b230a6be8f5ddeb4aa54a2ab91302d9d211d41a5f083ba117a97011393cc5ec4

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
ppc64
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 76eb253b821ab1bdfcf46962ae20e56c22e0186f3ce85b66da6922d963dbb0c9
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b5e82deb40b3ac3d5bb0c1913aedd98a993d07e7229dd4ddea6f391d6f21383c

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

SRPM
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: b7e218ed9b030abab4cce4878b14916a73e24a5ef81fe8b8b10a87e1e390d8d8
ppc64le
logrotate-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cc37b24c0c9e1d03d2367efadb7a827533c19cd680acf3961a7a30b5c9f7d2d6
logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.6-17.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 628f604d941bd963bb8d427f5d7a4d90c48b8050e09f132c5b5e6a0424db036d

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