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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2021:0865 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2021-03-16
Updated:
2021-03-16

RHEA-2021:0865 - Product Enhancement Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances.
Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to
retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Update existing user password RHEL7x (BZ#1900807)

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 for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900807
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
x86_64
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e608625ca66663d8a05b701f55b6a610aabc9bd1519b5254690fcfa9316bfe5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
x86_64
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3e608625ca66663d8a05b701f55b6a610aabc9bd1519b5254690fcfa9316bfe5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
s390x
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48fae27df2c52dd98cdbf6a641968bff803297a16785c2378119c67120cc9d0d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
ppc64
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5252c5c6d037031c76e8c600af52a343b9baaf705eb200d45e41b1ea5d666f69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
ppc64le
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 182d41ee4cd7b36fd92439eeb1ae1b2c5d51fb2330edfe5122fd16ba741c10b2

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

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
s390x
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48fae27df2c52dd98cdbf6a641968bff803297a16785c2378119c67120cc9d0d

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

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
ppc64
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5252c5c6d037031c76e8c600af52a343b9baaf705eb200d45e41b1ea5d666f69

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

SRPM
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.src.rpm SHA-256: e661a5bb9f0690e6f0f9402d5ee410f306bcee4af654ddc4c3a7819e0914a909
ppc64le
cloud-init-19.4-7.el7_9.4.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 182d41ee4cd7b36fd92439eeb1ae1b2c5d51fb2330edfe5122fd16ba741c10b2

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

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