- Issued:
- 2008-09-03
- Updated:
- 2008-09-03
RHBA-2008:0866 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
shadow-utils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated shadow-utils package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The shadow-utils package includes the necessary programs for converting
UNIX(r) password files to the shadow password format, as well as tools for
managing user and group accounts.
This updated shadow-utils package fixes a bug in which, when using either
the 'useradd' or 'usermod' commands, a simple typo resulted in the user
that was being added or modified to be added to the root group, even if
the root group was not specified with the 'useradd' or 'usermod' commands.
All users of shadow-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 450262 - usermod/useradd may inadvertently give access to group root
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
x86_64 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1abd8af5d38761d51bfef57e683fac63b1fecd94b924161ad850a98cb7dac8d0 |
ia64 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 3ee2bacd582550352772b4d3881685a00fc3d3360f3ea93ec736a82ea2dcaedd |
i386 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 601d3413f7b61b2f4cfd0ade405db051b72032de8e2e1f9e28f771b65e1cf660 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
x86_64 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1abd8af5d38761d51bfef57e683fac63b1fecd94b924161ad850a98cb7dac8d0 |
i386 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 601d3413f7b61b2f4cfd0ade405db051b72032de8e2e1f9e28f771b65e1cf660 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
x86_64 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1abd8af5d38761d51bfef57e683fac63b1fecd94b924161ad850a98cb7dac8d0 |
i386 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 601d3413f7b61b2f4cfd0ade405db051b72032de8e2e1f9e28f771b65e1cf660 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
s390x | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b459e33967e945ed179e177aacd185b3cc6516efbb157d4b3a51e1cae679c2d9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
ppc | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce77dd71eeb1c7a189f02c58ce77af543193b45033995549057c295aca7b12c7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01589e0e33073ab78cfaa343355c07b4e7d1310ca555dc7abc9093badcab201c |
x86_64 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1abd8af5d38761d51bfef57e683fac63b1fecd94b924161ad850a98cb7dac8d0 |
i386 | |
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 601d3413f7b61b2f4cfd0ade405db051b72032de8e2e1f9e28f771b65e1cf660 |
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