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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:5037 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2020-11-10
Updated:
2020-11-10

RHBA-2020:5037 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

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

Description

The initscripts packages contain basic system scripts that boot the system,
change runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut
down the system cleanly.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • With readonly rootfs updatedb does not have access to mlocate.db

(BZ#1880095)

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 - 1880095 - With readonly rootfs updatedb does not have access to mlocate.db [rhel-7.9.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 Server 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
x86_64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d82c2b07fdd2a6fe8f6be52b6662460eac6356aabff37124ba467ecce06d46f2
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c2ce3a2331e8120939a4ab47ecf212e9f6bd3a7f69e9eab52c99bd3720afef0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
x86_64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d82c2b07fdd2a6fe8f6be52b6662460eac6356aabff37124ba467ecce06d46f2
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c2ce3a2331e8120939a4ab47ecf212e9f6bd3a7f69e9eab52c99bd3720afef0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
x86_64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d82c2b07fdd2a6fe8f6be52b6662460eac6356aabff37124ba467ecce06d46f2
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c2ce3a2331e8120939a4ab47ecf212e9f6bd3a7f69e9eab52c99bd3720afef0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
x86_64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d82c2b07fdd2a6fe8f6be52b6662460eac6356aabff37124ba467ecce06d46f2
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c2ce3a2331e8120939a4ab47ecf212e9f6bd3a7f69e9eab52c99bd3720afef0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
s390x
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ca717353688d09a667e91b84c9b8a25f71455b0bf48074f5cc87e2c60bcffb3a
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6c5d1dbb0571253eaad1479da132cf4261d152ff5d3a261976842186973cd59d
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 81e890f10a9509f4426f0d196446368ce731579c185724bbb11f0c26cc923e68
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 81e890f10a9509f4426f0d196446368ce731579c185724bbb11f0c26cc923e68

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
ppc64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e8a0397ef690e2a3c271b792fb75a33737669eac16f09b590a3ddf5e78ad04eb
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 603dcc30fa5ee4f7a72a0973f9dac5536608d29cc294701436fbd8c247727acf
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1e0728c2972cedb7f3fb0336493b5d932ac170a20ec6e73458753b24faf972e6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1e0728c2972cedb7f3fb0336493b5d932ac170a20ec6e73458753b24faf972e6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
x86_64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d82c2b07fdd2a6fe8f6be52b6662460eac6356aabff37124ba467ecce06d46f2
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c2ce3a2331e8120939a4ab47ecf212e9f6bd3a7f69e9eab52c99bd3720afef0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 483504bafe90dfa80e0726bcec56effd3deb119023275d589027d0c6493b1d06

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
ppc64le
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cb4e76481d1d5f1006696b33cafed4d922b76037fc6f00853a1dd7c69ff6a38a
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3f772fd3d23b0fb7ab524c6ed2cc2f44b8970e93116d196897be189416bee2a0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0e773e97a7f5f0090dea110c682d0f8869c0029730fd9a97cafa70858bb1bc5c
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0e773e97a7f5f0090dea110c682d0f8869c0029730fd9a97cafa70858bb1bc5c

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

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
s390x
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ca717353688d09a667e91b84c9b8a25f71455b0bf48074f5cc87e2c60bcffb3a
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6c5d1dbb0571253eaad1479da132cf4261d152ff5d3a261976842186973cd59d
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 81e890f10a9509f4426f0d196446368ce731579c185724bbb11f0c26cc923e68
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 81e890f10a9509f4426f0d196446368ce731579c185724bbb11f0c26cc923e68

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

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
ppc64
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e8a0397ef690e2a3c271b792fb75a33737669eac16f09b590a3ddf5e78ad04eb
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 603dcc30fa5ee4f7a72a0973f9dac5536608d29cc294701436fbd8c247727acf
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1e0728c2972cedb7f3fb0336493b5d932ac170a20ec6e73458753b24faf972e6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1e0728c2972cedb7f3fb0336493b5d932ac170a20ec6e73458753b24faf972e6

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

SRPM
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: cf8c4c6a9a5deb7142bc3b0faf0470f8f8b59d617c30583a074b00fa19c73ecf
ppc64le
debugmode-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cb4e76481d1d5f1006696b33cafed4d922b76037fc6f00853a1dd7c69ff6a38a
initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3f772fd3d23b0fb7ab524c6ed2cc2f44b8970e93116d196897be189416bee2a0
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0e773e97a7f5f0090dea110c682d0f8869c0029730fd9a97cafa70858bb1bc5c
initscripts-debuginfo-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0e773e97a7f5f0090dea110c682d0f8869c0029730fd9a97cafa70858bb1bc5c

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