- Issued:
- 2008-07-24
- Updated:
- 2008-07-24
RHBA-2008:0115 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
vixie-cron bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated vixie-cron packages that fixes a bug are now available.
Description
The vixie-cron package contains the vixie version of cron. Cron is a
standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times. The
vixie-cron package adds better security and more powerful configuration
options to the standard version of cron.
These packages address a vixie-cron failure after new year.
All users of vixie-cron should 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 222464 - crond failed "Days of week" after a few hours on 1st/Jan
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: ae30001f1a742679684106767762d77b2259adde4bb8f25c01160b246588d8e2 |
x86_64 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f48de887ae210d318cd4ef5abd329e6a268e4b2ba766dd07a83b72c282b11ec |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f48de887ae210d318cd4ef5abd329e6a268e4b2ba766dd07a83b72c282b11ec |
ia64 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 45b093fdd3368ad25e5c8041a588ad61bf8b2298b2ca4cd5f339a00056c2320f |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 45b093fdd3368ad25e5c8041a588ad61bf8b2298b2ca4cd5f339a00056c2320f |
i386 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffa8d5c12e45f5f5a3ff3999de9b3b30b2995f8b157babfff807c880a3447c48 |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffa8d5c12e45f5f5a3ff3999de9b3b30b2995f8b157babfff807c880a3447c48 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: ae30001f1a742679684106767762d77b2259adde4bb8f25c01160b246588d8e2 |
x86_64 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f48de887ae210d318cd4ef5abd329e6a268e4b2ba766dd07a83b72c282b11ec |
ia64 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 45b093fdd3368ad25e5c8041a588ad61bf8b2298b2ca4cd5f339a00056c2320f |
i386 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffa8d5c12e45f5f5a3ff3999de9b3b30b2995f8b157babfff807c880a3447c48 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: ae30001f1a742679684106767762d77b2259adde4bb8f25c01160b246588d8e2 |
x86_64 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f48de887ae210d318cd4ef5abd329e6a268e4b2ba766dd07a83b72c282b11ec |
i386 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ffa8d5c12e45f5f5a3ff3999de9b3b30b2995f8b157babfff807c880a3447c48 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: ae30001f1a742679684106767762d77b2259adde4bb8f25c01160b246588d8e2 |
s390x | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 76ce5b0c4561246fae2f8806fb96808b4f01bddbe82c6c58d79b06826084170b |
s390 | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e55eccbcfb62637dc2fcb5ca5a1daf31b67cb2b8c9167f164922e0c40d9d5be6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: ae30001f1a742679684106767762d77b2259adde4bb8f25c01160b246588d8e2 |
ppc | |
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 881c56e51aa738493069871e70a7a28991195f4e6dcd80c938c462d3303cf74c |
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