- Issued:
- 2005-10-05
- Updated:
- 2005-10-05
RHEA-2005:528 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
passwd enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated passwd package that generates audit records with audit installed
is now available.
Description
The passwd package contains a system utility (passwd) which sets and/or
changes passwords, using PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules). To use
passwd, you should have PAM installed on your system.
With the audit package installed and auditing enabled, the passwd command
now generates audit records describing failed and successful attempts to
change user passwords.
Prior versions of the passwd program did not audit password change attempts.
All users of passwd should upgrade to this updated package, which
includes this feature.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
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 - 158112 - passwd audit updates
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
passwd-0.68-10.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf3128263b524dbacbf23e381deca8d3042cf89f10d1d713710c75416a3120 |
x86_64 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c88eab4b31b5d4798b5500f6f071a2d076171a6cb4a039b6e3b96812e5f0554 |
passwd-0.68-10.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c88eab4b31b5d4798b5500f6f071a2d076171a6cb4a039b6e3b96812e5f0554 |
ia64 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0dc56af3d6a35f86c1d847fb89a47cc68efa54d4c451d719f2fd5a28709e7e7c |
passwd-0.68-10.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0dc56af3d6a35f86c1d847fb89a47cc68efa54d4c451d719f2fd5a28709e7e7c |
i386 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: def437dab2b3123208f4cc6c9f24186e44415ce35354a80e294790cb7624066f |
passwd-0.68-10.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: def437dab2b3123208f4cc6c9f24186e44415ce35354a80e294790cb7624066f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
passwd-0.68-10.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf3128263b524dbacbf23e381deca8d3042cf89f10d1d713710c75416a3120 |
x86_64 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c88eab4b31b5d4798b5500f6f071a2d076171a6cb4a039b6e3b96812e5f0554 |
ia64 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0dc56af3d6a35f86c1d847fb89a47cc68efa54d4c451d719f2fd5a28709e7e7c |
i386 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: def437dab2b3123208f4cc6c9f24186e44415ce35354a80e294790cb7624066f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
passwd-0.68-10.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf3128263b524dbacbf23e381deca8d3042cf89f10d1d713710c75416a3120 |
x86_64 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c88eab4b31b5d4798b5500f6f071a2d076171a6cb4a039b6e3b96812e5f0554 |
i386 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: def437dab2b3123208f4cc6c9f24186e44415ce35354a80e294790cb7624066f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
passwd-0.68-10.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf3128263b524dbacbf23e381deca8d3042cf89f10d1d713710c75416a3120 |
s390x | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: eb1ea45f79994cdbe522e04bd024991bab97913e489ae0467c296053b3c3ab6b |
s390 | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 1414af5bf4e8777cd3f14f2509e663bc2139087404f3d51d9353ce25880cee94 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
passwd-0.68-10.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf3128263b524dbacbf23e381deca8d3042cf89f10d1d713710c75416a3120 |
ppc | |
passwd-0.68-10.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: cf96a87aa646400412931a0d429a68b872898e80528dd713bde1f2abc81ac985 |
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