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Red Hat: RHSA-2005:361-01 Low: vixie-cron Information Leak

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An updated vixie-cron package that fixes various bugs and a security issue is now available

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

147636 - cron fails to run user jobs and gives vague error message 154920 - CAN-2005-1038 vixie-cron information leak 159216 - vixie-cron updates for new audit system 163881 - Cron no longer allows read-only crontabs, enforces write access 163882 - cron fails with pam_access 163885 - crontab truncates file names greater than 100 characters. 163888 - CAN-2005-1038 vixie-cron information leak 163889 - [PATCH] List corruption when items are removed from /etc/cron.d


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: e3fd76e5ba9887c8e11e1bc82d5fd485 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.src.rpm

i386: e8243ed213f8cfa5b50ac8f42a7ec9c7 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 97380fd176e344f7df2d40d8e47f954c vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ia64.rpm

ppc: 2388e466c3e485de7b9e0a340d55d3b2 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ppc.rpm

s390: 85d62715dd6471e87b7bfbc14463c8bd vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.s390.rpm

s390x: 14772968639ea37dc713e2f73e3292e0 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.s390x.rpm

x86_64: b3e6bbc02843e4e09d6488ab9c962cc2 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: e3fd76e5ba9887c8e11e1bc82d5fd485 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.src.rpm

i386: e8243ed213f8cfa5b50ac8f42a7ec9c7 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.i386.rpm

x86_64: b3e6bbc02843e4e09d6488ab9c962cc2 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: e3fd76e5ba9887c8e11e1bc82d5fd485 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.src.rpm

i386: e8243ed213f8cfa5b50ac8f42a7ec9c7 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 97380fd176e344f7df2d40d8e47f954c vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: b3e6bbc02843e4e09d6488ab9c962cc2 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: e3fd76e5ba9887c8e11e1bc82d5fd485 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.src.rpm

i386: e8243ed213f8cfa5b50ac8f42a7ec9c7 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 97380fd176e344f7df2d40d8e47f954c vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: b3e6bbc02843e4e09d6488ab9c962cc2 vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

Summary

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1038

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:361-01
Issue date: 2005-10-05
Updated on: 2005-10-05
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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