Updated coreutils packages that fix a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.
The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is the
combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
The coreutils packages were found to not use the pam_succeed_if Pluggable
Authentication Module (PAM) correctly in the configuration file for the
"su" command. Any local user could use this command to change to a locked
or expired user account if the target account's password was known to the
user running "su". These updated packages, correctly, only allow the root
user to switch to locked or expired accounts using "su". (CVE-2008-1946)
All users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolve this issue.
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
| Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
68ca947da6915df3a081eaa3eccf3afd |
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| IA-32: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
3dea7ca4184cd4ef2b8a8cd11f3160ac |
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| x86_64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
36da3e3c21cb344cbff2040cc303a474 |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
68ca947da6915df3a081eaa3eccf3afd |
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| IA-32: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
3dea7ca4184cd4ef2b8a8cd11f3160ac |
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| IA-64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
b1d97287a7ba8810877301c5e1c7c7b3 |
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| PPC: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ppc.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
b3f73218d95c5f8aec66347b56cc5e5a |
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| s390: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
0e2591e5c9a5b6b8402478c90eb5121f |
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| s390x: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390x.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
79cc42e1a2830a5ea88f2a78d242c484 |
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| x86_64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
36da3e3c21cb344cbff2040cc303a474 |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
68ca947da6915df3a081eaa3eccf3afd |
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| IA-32: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
3dea7ca4184cd4ef2b8a8cd11f3160ac |
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| IA-64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
b1d97287a7ba8810877301c5e1c7c7b3 |
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| x86_64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
36da3e3c21cb344cbff2040cc303a474 |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
68ca947da6915df3a081eaa3eccf3afd |
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| IA-32: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
3dea7ca4184cd4ef2b8a8cd11f3160ac |
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| IA-64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
b1d97287a7ba8810877301c5e1c7c7b3 |
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| x86_64: |
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by: RHBA-2009:0959 |
36da3e3c21cb344cbff2040cc303a474 |
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(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)
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446488 - CVE-2008-1946 /etc/pam.d/su is wrong in RHEL-4.6
Low: coreutils security update