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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2843 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-09-20
Updated:
2019-09-20

RHBA-2019:2843 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

hostname 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

Updated hostname packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support.

Description

The hostname packages provide commands, which can be used to display the system's DNS name, and to display or set its host name or NIS domain name.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • hostname -A failed to parse long hostnames (BZ#1740189)

Users of hostname are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1740189 - hostname -A failed to parse long hostnames [rhel-7.6.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
x86_64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1844a798cfcde807e497f0d0c9cbbe996fd31bf3e71e0ae17e3e7bf948066
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f98d19583788625bb25685ad58d0f555c481ec4e6792a8a8fdfaaae8c726e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
x86_64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1844a798cfcde807e497f0d0c9cbbe996fd31bf3e71e0ae17e3e7bf948066
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f98d19583788625bb25685ad58d0f555c481ec4e6792a8a8fdfaaae8c726e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
s390x
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1acaf5a41c7857262e02e8fefd5865f2860508356048a1de61f49e346e4f0874
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6c88ac3e5a5cfed997b68087ae32e956514cd47c892522e2282cf718577f4afc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
ppc64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 80ae29b3dcf7c749c5c1dd37c30ccda3066648b8423712aa2e38409cd5cd9992
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb1e3bfd6dc9d310a07ce7f3615c5bd2c252b01d087b167791acc8f742327a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
ppc64le
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6de1c5c88bc7e6643550d8eb7c191cfc3d86b7bef16d6b186e59d8fb54e79ca5
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 98d4f67e01da3e24426604c587184fa3f08a4b4421835b96b6900f7d36c1e28b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
x86_64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1844a798cfcde807e497f0d0c9cbbe996fd31bf3e71e0ae17e3e7bf948066
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f98d19583788625bb25685ad58d0f555c481ec4e6792a8a8fdfaaae8c726e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
aarch64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 710bf8c1f4ac023330a42c8fe22d571dce4144f085999d3061decbd8c5eea473
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 549330609911061309d6a1f5d60d7858337e9e9706fac32d629d9d3822f83461

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
ppc64le
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6de1c5c88bc7e6643550d8eb7c191cfc3d86b7bef16d6b186e59d8fb54e79ca5
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 98d4f67e01da3e24426604c587184fa3f08a4b4421835b96b6900f7d36c1e28b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
x86_64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1844a798cfcde807e497f0d0c9cbbe996fd31bf3e71e0ae17e3e7bf948066
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f98d19583788625bb25685ad58d0f555c481ec4e6792a8a8fdfaaae8c726e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
ppc64le
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6de1c5c88bc7e6643550d8eb7c191cfc3d86b7bef16d6b186e59d8fb54e79ca5
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 98d4f67e01da3e24426604c587184fa3f08a4b4421835b96b6900f7d36c1e28b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
x86_64
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1844a798cfcde807e497f0d0c9cbbe996fd31bf3e71e0ae17e3e7bf948066
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f98d19583788625bb25685ad58d0f555c481ec4e6792a8a8fdfaaae8c726e8

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

SRPM
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 9de015d7b381cd2fa0c21bf9cc6bf54d3cd8ce7270508ee8f46b035cf67a2842
s390x
hostname-3.13-3.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1acaf5a41c7857262e02e8fefd5865f2860508356048a1de61f49e346e4f0874
hostname-debuginfo-3.13-3.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6c88ac3e5a5cfed997b68087ae32e956514cd47c892522e2282cf718577f4afc

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