Bug Fix Advisory oddjob bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0021-9
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated oddjob packages that fix a bug are now available.

The oddjob packages provide a mechanism by which unprivileged applications
can request that specified privileged operations be performed on their
behalf. The oddjob server uses the system message bus facility to interact
with its clients.

If the configuration for the oddjob mkhomedir had been modified to specify
an incorrect umask value to the helper, the helper would not issue an error
when it failed to parse the supplied value as a valid umask. Instead, the
helper would proceed as if it had been given a umask value of 0.

All users of oddjob are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     e4073dedaeb45e006d6b85f6fb44a335
 
x86_64:
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     e4073dedaeb45e006d6b85f6fb44a335
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     31d2780cf7d35e5380f16120ead8b856
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.src.rpm     6b7eb72638b8e3c90940f8e22d03d185
 
IA-32:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     3a2765c7786374e6b22c85d044bbab95
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     e4073dedaeb45e006d6b85f6fb44a335
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     527bdb4804407cddd852d6e1fdbb1944
 
IA-64:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.ia64.rpm     25239fbe7fc3c97b7f3784f0cc62c306
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.ia64.rpm     779298153a9bba93f6c5942d0e58755e
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.ia64.rpm     de70e5bc3e428ab972b02e424eafac34
 
x86_64:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     bb40874f1131708a312d15c9ddf92a11
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     e4073dedaeb45e006d6b85f6fb44a335
oddjob-devel-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     31d2780cf7d35e5380f16120ead8b856
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     527bdb4804407cddd852d6e1fdbb1944
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     0b8cbb3636e0dac96e37e4964ca29b7a
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.src.rpm     6b7eb72638b8e3c90940f8e22d03d185
 
IA-32:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     3a2765c7786374e6b22c85d044bbab95
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     527bdb4804407cddd852d6e1fdbb1944
 
x86_64:
oddjob-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     bb40874f1131708a312d15c9ddf92a11
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.i386.rpm     527bdb4804407cddd852d6e1fdbb1944
oddjob-libs-0.27-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     0b8cbb3636e0dac96e37e4964ca29b7a
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

246681 - umask not honored in mkhomedir


Keywords

umask


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