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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:1058 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2020-03-31
Updated:
2020-03-31

RHBA-2020:1058 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 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 - 1686436 - passwd -S report is incorrect when the user's /etc/passwd entry does not contain 'x' in the password hash field

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_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-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
x86_64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 21224107f63cbbb08284a5d99c01f85041b455474de2a7e0475702d6dc34b1af
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7608ca0b435f2e9814f83c922ba9e94ad9f1877f8da9e9a8fa0a95de62bda1db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
x86_64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 21224107f63cbbb08284a5d99c01f85041b455474de2a7e0475702d6dc34b1af
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7608ca0b435f2e9814f83c922ba9e94ad9f1877f8da9e9a8fa0a95de62bda1db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
x86_64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 21224107f63cbbb08284a5d99c01f85041b455474de2a7e0475702d6dc34b1af
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7608ca0b435f2e9814f83c922ba9e94ad9f1877f8da9e9a8fa0a95de62bda1db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
x86_64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 21224107f63cbbb08284a5d99c01f85041b455474de2a7e0475702d6dc34b1af
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7608ca0b435f2e9814f83c922ba9e94ad9f1877f8da9e9a8fa0a95de62bda1db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
s390x
passwd-0.79-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 716a46a4d179f4d4c7daa70d3f067c6c939a25ccb02f485a4d26986b55fcc88e
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b1a468f0dc8709af27e8fb7a0d941c0ef156b322b8255fd3a00037b0f8b1c3e3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
ppc64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 235337c2dea9c9a9884b787871ebb9d2fde3393abe8fbc776554fe50e5cac44b
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 148f1dee4bc1f40e34e435a015f23a958f8d96512e5b8a6f27851421d8665e54

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
x86_64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 21224107f63cbbb08284a5d99c01f85041b455474de2a7e0475702d6dc34b1af
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7608ca0b435f2e9814f83c922ba9e94ad9f1877f8da9e9a8fa0a95de62bda1db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
ppc64le
passwd-0.79-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c5445c9bdb9572517c0d0df42dc9d9d7c34e9f95190d91ce44e84073a2d3431c
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 447a491b7e6620a2e16fc9d98c61b8d01f8fd357628aec7e8d7f97cd3f22bb5e

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
s390x
passwd-0.79-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 716a46a4d179f4d4c7daa70d3f067c6c939a25ccb02f485a4d26986b55fcc88e
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b1a468f0dc8709af27e8fb7a0d941c0ef156b322b8255fd3a00037b0f8b1c3e3

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
ppc64
passwd-0.79-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 235337c2dea9c9a9884b787871ebb9d2fde3393abe8fbc776554fe50e5cac44b
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 148f1dee4bc1f40e34e435a015f23a958f8d96512e5b8a6f27851421d8665e54

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

SRPM
passwd-0.79-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 23359b7fabdc1cb07e21fb64413fafa3f50382d196816ab732e72d400a0cca31
ppc64le
passwd-0.79-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c5445c9bdb9572517c0d0df42dc9d9d7c34e9f95190d91ce44e84073a2d3431c
passwd-debuginfo-0.79-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 447a491b7e6620a2e16fc9d98c61b8d01f8fd357628aec7e8d7f97cd3f22bb5e

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