Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:12872 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-08-05
Updated:
2025-08-05

RHBA-2025:12872 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

cronie bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for cronie is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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):

  • pam / cronie in 9.4 EUS newer than in 9.6 (JIRA:RHEL-96297)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x

Fixes

  • RHEL-96297 - pam / cronie in 9.4 EUS newer than in 9.6

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
x86_64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b03a5ed8f1a5007505f2f96b5d0423fed9dbff7060d4d2315c993fdc56813b7
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bab20261448845dea48e8c3de179b7470d8414f3b34ff2fd4dbf788831108d29
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1bff7d20057e5fbc4f59c7e821ab2a4c6fbae5d50e479a6d42aa8d5e19c4a62
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e5e2b4881ac7e6772bb2264ab2e4827ba11578fb861e5e6ff99bec5665ab7cd7
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2f91dfee3cef5a5d8f8930e1fb8b9e679a3e9973b22b8f8b4af1229408184dc
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 54b53120fdd8fc9a545f24426eabb9b65bf028c7d1b4229f69de7f18c8800b09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
x86_64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b03a5ed8f1a5007505f2f96b5d0423fed9dbff7060d4d2315c993fdc56813b7
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bab20261448845dea48e8c3de179b7470d8414f3b34ff2fd4dbf788831108d29
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1bff7d20057e5fbc4f59c7e821ab2a4c6fbae5d50e479a6d42aa8d5e19c4a62
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e5e2b4881ac7e6772bb2264ab2e4827ba11578fb861e5e6ff99bec5665ab7cd7
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2f91dfee3cef5a5d8f8930e1fb8b9e679a3e9973b22b8f8b4af1229408184dc
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 54b53120fdd8fc9a545f24426eabb9b65bf028c7d1b4229f69de7f18c8800b09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
x86_64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b03a5ed8f1a5007505f2f96b5d0423fed9dbff7060d4d2315c993fdc56813b7
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bab20261448845dea48e8c3de179b7470d8414f3b34ff2fd4dbf788831108d29
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1bff7d20057e5fbc4f59c7e821ab2a4c6fbae5d50e479a6d42aa8d5e19c4a62
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e5e2b4881ac7e6772bb2264ab2e4827ba11578fb861e5e6ff99bec5665ab7cd7
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2f91dfee3cef5a5d8f8930e1fb8b9e679a3e9973b22b8f8b4af1229408184dc
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 54b53120fdd8fc9a545f24426eabb9b65bf028c7d1b4229f69de7f18c8800b09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
s390x
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: aef6f1860d4a30bca0af2392ae5b99249755a0fad5b3af8cd0d5f14d04f7e643
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5a689c537557ca2189db0a7a178974a13cebf31998e5f9ea195ddc7b3e999f73
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96121372e4543317bf3b5373f425bee00f445d895084414090cd5def08d5c015
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 493203538a736df4116f46e995e30a45d09a48da80af022d8a6854d0f0935b29
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ea6c2e211d9e5cff23c644a02edcfb2b6b1bf48ef388d6680123ed27c658047
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 252ff985e1b775485c7a480aa278d8a14b835066dd22718d929c6e0f1f4fcf6d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
s390x
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: aef6f1860d4a30bca0af2392ae5b99249755a0fad5b3af8cd0d5f14d04f7e643
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5a689c537557ca2189db0a7a178974a13cebf31998e5f9ea195ddc7b3e999f73
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96121372e4543317bf3b5373f425bee00f445d895084414090cd5def08d5c015
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 493203538a736df4116f46e995e30a45d09a48da80af022d8a6854d0f0935b29
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ea6c2e211d9e5cff23c644a02edcfb2b6b1bf48ef388d6680123ed27c658047
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 252ff985e1b775485c7a480aa278d8a14b835066dd22718d929c6e0f1f4fcf6d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
ppc64le
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cafe146f0808b46caff91638bec490c45552c94d746696328cec9a829192502b
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: af8888b5a070674cd7e5f83b6b196b71b4e3e31293415390b6719b3ef20f9222
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 53cf858ded246c52779687985e17fa7c795c4d148a5ca6be8f4b9cd720455f39
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3100242f8646e32dee239e74effc1bf64835bf8de173625801362b6ea33394b5
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 05bd52228c662505fb9cba288a8d91b6baf83f2eac05a53d69d66373f3195f4f
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 71eacd738cbff558598ead43b8e16df925667144f3880dfb9727f7b3347966f6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
ppc64le
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cafe146f0808b46caff91638bec490c45552c94d746696328cec9a829192502b
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: af8888b5a070674cd7e5f83b6b196b71b4e3e31293415390b6719b3ef20f9222
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 53cf858ded246c52779687985e17fa7c795c4d148a5ca6be8f4b9cd720455f39
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3100242f8646e32dee239e74effc1bf64835bf8de173625801362b6ea33394b5
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 05bd52228c662505fb9cba288a8d91b6baf83f2eac05a53d69d66373f3195f4f
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 71eacd738cbff558598ead43b8e16df925667144f3880dfb9727f7b3347966f6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
aarch64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c654da2213aef1d6becfb64b5a4b354d8f14dd52dbc3717ada5dd7ff9ff3f4ce
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7f860eda99cc287b2fd1e765ea5f4d6685d57af3b9760549b6ada66820fc6901
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f44661414b8c70f59f012e90ed0adce2e765099470b84a542769ff77ef580ccb
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 52fd54574aae2ce5656711d9fc14af18d8b3e5ee64c6503cbc7951414fd410a3
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f090a75ee2fd64c57bad8641166b8c941f641a87712b4eba2af981101b948bab
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b95678a3ff0a3779e1d383f07df64e8e2808e12f865077c7cb3e13389d3a3017

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
aarch64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c654da2213aef1d6becfb64b5a4b354d8f14dd52dbc3717ada5dd7ff9ff3f4ce
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7f860eda99cc287b2fd1e765ea5f4d6685d57af3b9760549b6ada66820fc6901
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f44661414b8c70f59f012e90ed0adce2e765099470b84a542769ff77ef580ccb
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 52fd54574aae2ce5656711d9fc14af18d8b3e5ee64c6503cbc7951414fd410a3
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f090a75ee2fd64c57bad8641166b8c941f641a87712b4eba2af981101b948bab
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b95678a3ff0a3779e1d383f07df64e8e2808e12f865077c7cb3e13389d3a3017

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
ppc64le
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cafe146f0808b46caff91638bec490c45552c94d746696328cec9a829192502b
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: af8888b5a070674cd7e5f83b6b196b71b4e3e31293415390b6719b3ef20f9222
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 53cf858ded246c52779687985e17fa7c795c4d148a5ca6be8f4b9cd720455f39
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3100242f8646e32dee239e74effc1bf64835bf8de173625801362b6ea33394b5
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 05bd52228c662505fb9cba288a8d91b6baf83f2eac05a53d69d66373f3195f4f
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 71eacd738cbff558598ead43b8e16df925667144f3880dfb9727f7b3347966f6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
x86_64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b03a5ed8f1a5007505f2f96b5d0423fed9dbff7060d4d2315c993fdc56813b7
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bab20261448845dea48e8c3de179b7470d8414f3b34ff2fd4dbf788831108d29
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1bff7d20057e5fbc4f59c7e821ab2a4c6fbae5d50e479a6d42aa8d5e19c4a62
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e5e2b4881ac7e6772bb2264ab2e4827ba11578fb861e5e6ff99bec5665ab7cd7
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2f91dfee3cef5a5d8f8930e1fb8b9e679a3e9973b22b8f8b4af1229408184dc
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 54b53120fdd8fc9a545f24426eabb9b65bf028c7d1b4229f69de7f18c8800b09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
aarch64
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c654da2213aef1d6becfb64b5a4b354d8f14dd52dbc3717ada5dd7ff9ff3f4ce
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7f860eda99cc287b2fd1e765ea5f4d6685d57af3b9760549b6ada66820fc6901
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f44661414b8c70f59f012e90ed0adce2e765099470b84a542769ff77ef580ccb
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 52fd54574aae2ce5656711d9fc14af18d8b3e5ee64c6503cbc7951414fd410a3
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f090a75ee2fd64c57bad8641166b8c941f641a87712b4eba2af981101b948bab
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b95678a3ff0a3779e1d383f07df64e8e2808e12f865077c7cb3e13389d3a3017

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: a20dc31a7822fe6456a707caeb99766e2cd98d517fdcc31e6dcf18831d449987
s390x
cronie-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: aef6f1860d4a30bca0af2392ae5b99249755a0fad5b3af8cd0d5f14d04f7e643
cronie-anacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5a689c537557ca2189db0a7a178974a13cebf31998e5f9ea195ddc7b3e999f73
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96121372e4543317bf3b5373f425bee00f445d895084414090cd5def08d5c015
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 493203538a736df4116f46e995e30a45d09a48da80af022d8a6854d0f0935b29
cronie-debugsource-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ea6c2e211d9e5cff23c644a02edcfb2b6b1bf48ef388d6680123ed27c658047
cronie-noanacron-1.5.7-14.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 252ff985e1b775485c7a480aa278d8a14b835066dd22718d929c6e0f1f4fcf6d

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