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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4417 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHBA-2021:4417 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

shadow-utils 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 shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1884702 - Update the login.defs manual page to remove references to LOGIN_STRING
  • BZ - 1967641 - Regression: 'usermod -G' fails if user has any remote groups

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
s390x
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5781e8fee42396d9d662adbf7a4a90a90c13b097275bac884a31018fa9434f0d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 283f4db597456ceccfe9ef28f20abf7e4d7ba3e25fd2df99dc1a097951b6847e
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e79ba1b02a511b2034e14b040159012f6d34e2da31ae8ae80f3f1c7a097780b5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
s390x
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5781e8fee42396d9d662adbf7a4a90a90c13b097275bac884a31018fa9434f0d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 283f4db597456ceccfe9ef28f20abf7e4d7ba3e25fd2df99dc1a097951b6847e
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e79ba1b02a511b2034e14b040159012f6d34e2da31ae8ae80f3f1c7a097780b5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
s390x
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5781e8fee42396d9d662adbf7a4a90a90c13b097275bac884a31018fa9434f0d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 283f4db597456ceccfe9ef28f20abf7e4d7ba3e25fd2df99dc1a097951b6847e
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e79ba1b02a511b2034e14b040159012f6d34e2da31ae8ae80f3f1c7a097780b5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ac37555e2fa50f9afcb10c82d51698dcd14b109563d609604956e9614dd2a7d2
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f365dfc2f0a0198796b0df3ab185388e886654152fcbdbc34e1301dd61f20bb0
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f6a103e966ad6eae56e539106687a4af0a8b5aa5a9dda33d5ef12c2dc4bc02c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ac37555e2fa50f9afcb10c82d51698dcd14b109563d609604956e9614dd2a7d2
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f365dfc2f0a0198796b0df3ab185388e886654152fcbdbc34e1301dd61f20bb0
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f6a103e966ad6eae56e539106687a4af0a8b5aa5a9dda33d5ef12c2dc4bc02c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ac37555e2fa50f9afcb10c82d51698dcd14b109563d609604956e9614dd2a7d2
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f365dfc2f0a0198796b0df3ab185388e886654152fcbdbc34e1301dd61f20bb0
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f6a103e966ad6eae56e539106687a4af0a8b5aa5a9dda33d5ef12c2dc4bc02c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
aarch64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a6d885019f496519575f85f08c846d23c13f9f6ea568b9d56430554c64f8a32c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0c6263d45e24b3142bd6a1d7ec05a13f504a7671d9a91f13cde9dbfefce5a606
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b8b304984c77b5060223de8a11013abd2e94cf462dab36c951e2beb664c9a8bb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
aarch64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a6d885019f496519575f85f08c846d23c13f9f6ea568b9d56430554c64f8a32c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0c6263d45e24b3142bd6a1d7ec05a13f504a7671d9a91f13cde9dbfefce5a606
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b8b304984c77b5060223de8a11013abd2e94cf462dab36c951e2beb664c9a8bb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
aarch64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a6d885019f496519575f85f08c846d23c13f9f6ea568b9d56430554c64f8a32c
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0c6263d45e24b3142bd6a1d7ec05a13f504a7671d9a91f13cde9dbfefce5a606
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b8b304984c77b5060223de8a11013abd2e94cf462dab36c951e2beb664c9a8bb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ac37555e2fa50f9afcb10c82d51698dcd14b109563d609604956e9614dd2a7d2
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f365dfc2f0a0198796b0df3ab185388e886654152fcbdbc34e1301dd61f20bb0
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f6a103e966ad6eae56e539106687a4af0a8b5aa5a9dda33d5ef12c2dc4bc02c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ac37555e2fa50f9afcb10c82d51698dcd14b109563d609604956e9614dd2a7d2
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f365dfc2f0a0198796b0df3ab185388e886654152fcbdbc34e1301dd61f20bb0
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f6a103e966ad6eae56e539106687a4af0a8b5aa5a9dda33d5ef12c2dc4bc02c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 3ebcc5051dec4595a4eeb00e394daf21c6bb31d3b81a7324af4ca2215c0ab4df
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88783ea87d17ed7173aefeb0145e009220bb3050bbadda04cc00964f5d92820d
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3f230195b5f4596176a63559e1fc328832431321b999597d05b03979a5a9e98
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-14.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8158a6ec6cb271fdd5becaeb0e7736908c121d8c15857eddbc6199d0371b4196

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