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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2257 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2257 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

passwd bug fix 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 passwd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The passwd packages contain the passwd system utility, which sets or changes passwords using the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) library.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of passwd 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 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 - 1145256 - Document (passwd -S), including time zone usage
  • BZ - 1472567 - URL for passwd project need to be updated
  • BZ - 1489086 - auditd log showing incorrect info related to passwd and USER_CHAUTHTOK
  • BZ - 1638105 - Passwd does not support ACCT_LOCK & ACCT_UNLOCK audit record type

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_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
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
x86_64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4e3d69bbc475004160332842164b3b2f057445ac0dcf1ab7f530f1724ef171
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 613e2260135e630c3966eed5a1645e08cd7abab63b590b2f5df788bd8eb6d8d3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
x86_64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4e3d69bbc475004160332842164b3b2f057445ac0dcf1ab7f530f1724ef171
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 613e2260135e630c3966eed5a1645e08cd7abab63b590b2f5df788bd8eb6d8d3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
x86_64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4e3d69bbc475004160332842164b3b2f057445ac0dcf1ab7f530f1724ef171
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 613e2260135e630c3966eed5a1645e08cd7abab63b590b2f5df788bd8eb6d8d3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
x86_64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4e3d69bbc475004160332842164b3b2f057445ac0dcf1ab7f530f1724ef171
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 613e2260135e630c3966eed5a1645e08cd7abab63b590b2f5df788bd8eb6d8d3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
s390x
passwd-0.79-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e0f55270cc3809d73716d96941454ea89ffa3c61c98bae0da0ee77dabada886b
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6dfbd95e84cd442d7f449dd2a3c1def255ede7c85bdd94d762a148a8e4b51c7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
ppc64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7841f0fec47ceb2c023d98365ea19f747ccb5b8e631ccbc447aca7a9c572beee
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: be48ca9a0175c6715ea5e24ab47b6ebd1c7cca0f27cef41ce0f88dfce6288521

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
x86_64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4e3d69bbc475004160332842164b3b2f057445ac0dcf1ab7f530f1724ef171
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 613e2260135e630c3966eed5a1645e08cd7abab63b590b2f5df788bd8eb6d8d3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
ppc64le
passwd-0.79-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 504512ea08e1314093daf0d8c5b22c1ed6c68034094ce9b99f50055336aba134
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8f03391859013f11c85409bc479de1d8248f1a6acc235d51b2d66fc68d073479

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
s390x
passwd-0.79-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e0f55270cc3809d73716d96941454ea89ffa3c61c98bae0da0ee77dabada886b
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6dfbd95e84cd442d7f449dd2a3c1def255ede7c85bdd94d762a148a8e4b51c7f

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
ppc64
passwd-0.79-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7841f0fec47ceb2c023d98365ea19f747ccb5b8e631ccbc447aca7a9c572beee
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: be48ca9a0175c6715ea5e24ab47b6ebd1c7cca0f27cef41ce0f88dfce6288521

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: e965974c6e1e2a273637093ace001c549746403db974c58f25f73d343e2d85d4
ppc64le
passwd-0.79-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 504512ea08e1314093daf0d8c5b22c1ed6c68034094ce9b99f50055336aba134
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8f03391859013f11c85409bc479de1d8248f1a6acc235d51b2d66fc68d073479

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