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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:2959 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2023-05-16
Updated:
2023-05-16

RHBA-2023:2959 - Bug Fix Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

rng-tools 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 rng-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

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

Fixes

  • BZ - 2124602 - [RHEL-8.8] update rng-tools to 6.15@6dcc9ec2 and jitterentropy to 3.4.1@4544e113
  • BZ - 2141379 - [rngd-8.8] rngd fails during start with *** stack smashing detected ***

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
x86_64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edc5373b6b41aa4917a846c28854f3dce987865d0a5c6eab89e1890394f0258b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f5816b5b047e725b40bc151760f45750e2ccc1d2b1e4ac973f3cd092bd9730a
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c4a4b9a154de408e3a20a35b75a276103bff28d76e8700b67ff020c15fee118a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
x86_64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edc5373b6b41aa4917a846c28854f3dce987865d0a5c6eab89e1890394f0258b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f5816b5b047e725b40bc151760f45750e2ccc1d2b1e4ac973f3cd092bd9730a
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c4a4b9a154de408e3a20a35b75a276103bff28d76e8700b67ff020c15fee118a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
s390x
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 405d4280ea459d3375dcbb58b081f7906888bf38ef881c16927be2a0569e54f7
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b4af17dde25c80c56878f5e13f0782afd766de522133718b2719f57370412512
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0fb556ede4e76984733ca2fa294c864d9a76d7b053fd191713b25e85c2b43f1e

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
s390x
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 405d4280ea459d3375dcbb58b081f7906888bf38ef881c16927be2a0569e54f7
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b4af17dde25c80c56878f5e13f0782afd766de522133718b2719f57370412512
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0fb556ede4e76984733ca2fa294c864d9a76d7b053fd191713b25e85c2b43f1e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9fa8832ef988b39f5b672487dd38430d812896ef5276265a875b0c6f04908f8e
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5b6df2590a9341d21ecefccbfe46681cf089b4837e7651463373df84a84de3f1
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 516801e394a79e4f8b0af9bc9ebb7ea7c87cd5e19f843ce28239ab7680482e76

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9fa8832ef988b39f5b672487dd38430d812896ef5276265a875b0c6f04908f8e
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5b6df2590a9341d21ecefccbfe46681cf089b4837e7651463373df84a84de3f1
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 516801e394a79e4f8b0af9bc9ebb7ea7c87cd5e19f843ce28239ab7680482e76

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
x86_64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edc5373b6b41aa4917a846c28854f3dce987865d0a5c6eab89e1890394f0258b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f5816b5b047e725b40bc151760f45750e2ccc1d2b1e4ac973f3cd092bd9730a
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c4a4b9a154de408e3a20a35b75a276103bff28d76e8700b67ff020c15fee118a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
aarch64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 630cf9af5f0e4d067550d43c643281d42fa720c0b3684107330e907c59decdc0
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9628b5df2b370a9ce8d289c6134721028bdd1cf83abfa7c8b65ba47eca912e29
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: adc03dfa3414ffccc837d5229a6f60baf6bd5df068d92ae3ac3445fa172b68e9

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
aarch64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 630cf9af5f0e4d067550d43c643281d42fa720c0b3684107330e907c59decdc0
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9628b5df2b370a9ce8d289c6134721028bdd1cf83abfa7c8b65ba47eca912e29
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: adc03dfa3414ffccc837d5229a6f60baf6bd5df068d92ae3ac3445fa172b68e9

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9fa8832ef988b39f5b672487dd38430d812896ef5276265a875b0c6f04908f8e
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5b6df2590a9341d21ecefccbfe46681cf089b4837e7651463373df84a84de3f1
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 516801e394a79e4f8b0af9bc9ebb7ea7c87cd5e19f843ce28239ab7680482e76

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b2804cfda784a7aa8e1d4cd2a5ac6a51b671e03d8a02f7c6a499953928ce5bff
x86_64
rng-tools-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edc5373b6b41aa4917a846c28854f3dce987865d0a5c6eab89e1890394f0258b
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f5816b5b047e725b40bc151760f45750e2ccc1d2b1e4ac973f3cd092bd9730a
rng-tools-debugsource-6.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c4a4b9a154de408e3a20a35b75a276103bff28d76e8700b67ff020c15fee118a

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