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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1989 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2023-04-25
Updated:
2023-04-25

RHBA-2023:1989 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

cronie 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 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):

  • cronie upgrade or reinstallation recreates the /etc/cron.deny file (BZ#2059479)

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 - 2059479 - cronie upgrade or reinstallation recreates the /etc/cron.deny file [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
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
x86_64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 998667e9c00f036d8a72dd005b7e3f45c637af5ef155e1905620da19735e8c8e
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e34b8498d207c33a5b89a80b780672476952a594d5513ad11268499be9023252
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25b31784b6276760e06e269a6e4e5590f11881c493ae64aeba17af4b3016f6c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d374ab9f539bdc99e55db5c59f63bbf698bc6d5e1e14effacd6359d001a32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
x86_64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 998667e9c00f036d8a72dd005b7e3f45c637af5ef155e1905620da19735e8c8e
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e34b8498d207c33a5b89a80b780672476952a594d5513ad11268499be9023252
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25b31784b6276760e06e269a6e4e5590f11881c493ae64aeba17af4b3016f6c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d374ab9f539bdc99e55db5c59f63bbf698bc6d5e1e14effacd6359d001a32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
x86_64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 998667e9c00f036d8a72dd005b7e3f45c637af5ef155e1905620da19735e8c8e
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e34b8498d207c33a5b89a80b780672476952a594d5513ad11268499be9023252
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25b31784b6276760e06e269a6e4e5590f11881c493ae64aeba17af4b3016f6c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d374ab9f539bdc99e55db5c59f63bbf698bc6d5e1e14effacd6359d001a32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
x86_64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 998667e9c00f036d8a72dd005b7e3f45c637af5ef155e1905620da19735e8c8e
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e34b8498d207c33a5b89a80b780672476952a594d5513ad11268499be9023252
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25b31784b6276760e06e269a6e4e5590f11881c493ae64aeba17af4b3016f6c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d374ab9f539bdc99e55db5c59f63bbf698bc6d5e1e14effacd6359d001a32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
s390x
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 00ad075bb1207ac2fa12e98b115deb534e8dd39bd9a4006d2d8d43c69f891b79
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d7767168e677809de32ceae652784bc30ac751b03cd4deecd1c30bcebd1385e1
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5b2268e11fc7a13ac5227ab1576851e42fe8e959b9616d7216f9541a91b901c3
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a8a61a1848285b18e14ef56551abd01db4cacb2e53c1897882f1327961582c6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
ppc64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 19c51d4c62918cea55d1a899c85c519b1b5f092fe51f4bfe42621cd8d6638b3a
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 64d91eaaa8e925c9b7ad7e160663ed582fb017f06c70a353e330f3650be21d6e
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b397d23a063f349b3b5988ad009ae692793d8494fa920d34b99410d78df9bca5
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 3fd6861668383b1ed7d66797ef975d7fa5bcc24d216a3902f06b4a57b97dd5fb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
x86_64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 998667e9c00f036d8a72dd005b7e3f45c637af5ef155e1905620da19735e8c8e
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e34b8498d207c33a5b89a80b780672476952a594d5513ad11268499be9023252
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25b31784b6276760e06e269a6e4e5590f11881c493ae64aeba17af4b3016f6c7
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d374ab9f539bdc99e55db5c59f63bbf698bc6d5e1e14effacd6359d001a32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
ppc64le
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 85dbcf2c7bc8a33fd1c0f3be682fb7b265cb8a31cf6a0713e824c4b62eea28fe
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b3dba53b2e1dd5807d8c9db480c293604048cfea926e11fcc58492ac66c0c3b0
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6f660cf45edf76c8a0a45bf68a475660e34f37cc336ec3c2e9f2017adf77c23
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: dbada360c04625e6057a7dfd87c6fecb4bd5eeaa48ba0e054ee0cef904103194

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

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
s390x
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 00ad075bb1207ac2fa12e98b115deb534e8dd39bd9a4006d2d8d43c69f891b79
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d7767168e677809de32ceae652784bc30ac751b03cd4deecd1c30bcebd1385e1
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5b2268e11fc7a13ac5227ab1576851e42fe8e959b9616d7216f9541a91b901c3
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a8a61a1848285b18e14ef56551abd01db4cacb2e53c1897882f1327961582c6

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

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
ppc64
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 19c51d4c62918cea55d1a899c85c519b1b5f092fe51f4bfe42621cd8d6638b3a
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 64d91eaaa8e925c9b7ad7e160663ed582fb017f06c70a353e330f3650be21d6e
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b397d23a063f349b3b5988ad009ae692793d8494fa920d34b99410d78df9bca5
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 3fd6861668383b1ed7d66797ef975d7fa5bcc24d216a3902f06b4a57b97dd5fb

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

SRPM
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 05d95f2bb6b94033e8f68020fc4214886f42a16f5a94ebc8ff888cc23fa0c3fd
ppc64le
cronie-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 85dbcf2c7bc8a33fd1c0f3be682fb7b265cb8a31cf6a0713e824c4b62eea28fe
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b3dba53b2e1dd5807d8c9db480c293604048cfea926e11fcc58492ac66c0c3b0
cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6f660cf45edf76c8a0a45bf68a475660e34f37cc336ec3c2e9f2017adf77c23
cronie-noanacron-1.4.11-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: dbada360c04625e6057a7dfd87c6fecb4bd5eeaa48ba0e054ee0cef904103194

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