ELSA-2011-1691

ELSA-2011-1691 - util-linux-ng security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	LOW
Release Date:	2011-12-14

Description

[2.17.2-12.4]
- fix CVE-2011-1675 - mount fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- fix CVE-2011-1677 - umount may fail to remove /etc/mtab~ lock file

[2.17.2-12.3]
- fix fatal typos in patch for #723546

[2.17.2-12.2]
- rename /etc/hushlogin to /etc/hushlogins (#696731)

[2.17.2-12.1]
- fix #723546 - Defects revealed by Coverity scan
- fix #723352 - cfdisk cannot read default installer partitioning
- fix #712158 - uid/gid overflow in ipcs
- fix #696959 - wipefs(8) reject partitioned devices
- fix #694648 - document blank line at head of fstab
- fix #684203 - umount fails on inconsistent fstab
- fix #679831 --lines does not work
- fix #679741 - canonicalize swap device
- fix #692119 - include fstrim tool
- fix #675999 - blkid crashes on a server with more than 128 storage devices
- fix #696731 - display failed login attempts
- fix #726092 - Pass host name from agetty to login
- fix #716995 - Remove Deprecation Statement in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules
- fix #712808 - uuidd should depend on chkconfig
- fix #723638 - Backport upstream extensions for lsblk (RHEL6.2)

Related CVEs

CVE-2011-1675

CVE-2011-1677

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.4.el6.src.rpm	ea0efdbe333409aefb0e6d52ad16a40a	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	54051a256c2552ee7466d133af9f8673	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	ba48437a11e2e3e11e52ab53150fad66	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	31448add4bea019af92260e880c704ff	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	8ecbd0a633877670056536ee4b243042	ELBA-2018-0175
	util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	6cfeafcf4d0ef76113a83c16bfa4e1da	ELBA-2018-0175
	uuidd-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	2d1c4c8b80bdd07013147b2a29107458	ELBA-2018-0175
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.4.el6.src.rpm	ea0efdbe333409aefb0e6d52ad16a40a	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	54051a256c2552ee7466d133af9f8673	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	d8a197e04548acd40a93014300c9f629	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	ba48437a11e2e3e11e52ab53150fad66	ELBA-2018-0175
	libblkid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	966ea7c0c9f64efbea7500b9746cb66c	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	31448add4bea019af92260e880c704ff	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	7ec2c1df53ef0b092cd3ff64fa35a308	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	8ecbd0a633877670056536ee4b243042	ELBA-2018-0175
	libuuid-devel-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	70227a4a8cb5cf514c994a09d5fc8056	ELBA-2018-0175
	util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.4.el6.i686.rpm	6cfeafcf4d0ef76113a83c16bfa4e1da	ELBA-2018-0175
	util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	b054479be3087457b9f756583fb61e85	ELBA-2018-0175
	uuidd-2.17.2-12.4.el6.x86_64.rpm	593e26f92967fec3f2b91558bd08d1d7	ELBA-2018-0175

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