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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2338 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2338 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

rng-tools 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 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 7.7 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 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 - 1632786 - rngd lists no entropy sources, but still reads from TPM2

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
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a7bb175ebbdf3716e9d3aaded6cc7dd9fc64066982465becdbe172cc7e2430ef
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36e3e9d67da668b228edf3b39df1b36f832fb20b9627aa4f50bc516187617316

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a7bb175ebbdf3716e9d3aaded6cc7dd9fc64066982465becdbe172cc7e2430ef
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36e3e9d67da668b228edf3b39df1b36f832fb20b9627aa4f50bc516187617316

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a7bb175ebbdf3716e9d3aaded6cc7dd9fc64066982465becdbe172cc7e2430ef
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36e3e9d67da668b228edf3b39df1b36f832fb20b9627aa4f50bc516187617316

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a7bb175ebbdf3716e9d3aaded6cc7dd9fc64066982465becdbe172cc7e2430ef
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36e3e9d67da668b228edf3b39df1b36f832fb20b9627aa4f50bc516187617316

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
s390x
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 639c0e321ff0e9214a64806e4ab6f2333ad03952ac0ca8853c507eefc38094f9
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 97db90492a953d8dfa036bf8c9de2d9d583f03dfd6560e0d53fe7c8ea408aed1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
ppc64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: aa278ed349dc251d927c65f021b476ca4806830b18b301041f8e1371c5785d53
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c79e2291cb6bf677d2bf8bd27ae613a8eb95e1fa35591b93425302e346dea8b3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
x86_64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a7bb175ebbdf3716e9d3aaded6cc7dd9fc64066982465becdbe172cc7e2430ef
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36e3e9d67da668b228edf3b39df1b36f832fb20b9627aa4f50bc516187617316

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 70722733079b5a57f251d8290e57637fd6334701e095dd7b84d5486607142a7b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1ae1b0676766c85f01bb048966eb74485bd142b3d84766dde9703ae7228c32e1

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
s390x
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 639c0e321ff0e9214a64806e4ab6f2333ad03952ac0ca8853c507eefc38094f9
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 97db90492a953d8dfa036bf8c9de2d9d583f03dfd6560e0d53fe7c8ea408aed1

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
ppc64
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: aa278ed349dc251d927c65f021b476ca4806830b18b301041f8e1371c5785d53
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c79e2291cb6bf677d2bf8bd27ae613a8eb95e1fa35591b93425302e346dea8b3

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 32e1a682cdabaa3da4455fbb20e5889cf27490be4a3fedfb9ca1411fd0bf666e
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 70722733079b5a57f251d8290e57637fd6334701e095dd7b84d5486607142a7b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.3.1-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1ae1b0676766c85f01bb048966eb74485bd142b3d84766dde9703ae7228c32e1

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