RHBA-2022:0067 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for cronie is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The cronie packages contain the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs
specified programs at scheduled times and related tools. They are a fork of
the original vixie-cron cron implementation and have security and
configuration enhancements like the ability to use pam and SELinux.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Crond runs into segfault when getdtablesize() returns a huge value.

(BZ#2026289)

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 - 2026289 - Crond runs into segfault when getdtablesize() returns a huge value.

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index