ELSA-2012-0304

ELSA-2012-0304 - vixie-cron security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	LOW
Release Date:	2012-03-01

Description

[4:4.1-81]
- 455664 adoptions of crontab orphans, forgot add buffer for list of
orphans
- Related: rhbz#455664

[4:4.1-80]
- 654961 crond process ignores the changes of user's home directory needs
bigger changes of code. The fix wasn't applied, detail in comment#11.
- Related: rhbz#249512

[4:4.1-79]
- CVE-2010-0424 vixie-cron, cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp
of user's crontab file, when editing the file
- Resolves: rhbz#741534

[4:4.1-78]
- 625016 - crond requires a restart if mcstransd is stopped
- Resolves: rhbz#625016

[4:4.1-78]
- 460070 entries in cronjobs in /etc/cron.d are checked for valid syntax
- Resolves: rhbz#460070

[4:4.1-78]
- 455664 adoptions of crontab orphans
- 249512 crontab should verify a user's access to PAM cron service
- Resolves: rhbz#455664, rhbz#249512

[4:4.1-78]
- 699621 and 699620 man page fix
- 529632 service crond status return correct status
- 480930 set correct pie options in CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
- 476972 crontab error with @reboot entry
- Resolves: rhbz#699621, rhbz#699620, rhbz#529632, rhbz#480930, rhbz#476972

Related CVEs

CVE-2010-0424

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 5 (i386)	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_i386_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u10_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u11_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u8_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u9_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm	6651f2978de727521f1f1316fc766b467f76d2dc7a0e18e0cc30011e1c938ed2	-	ol5_i386_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm	6651f2978de727521f1f1316fc766b467f76d2dc7a0e18e0cc30011e1c938ed2	-	ol5_u10_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm	6651f2978de727521f1f1316fc766b467f76d2dc7a0e18e0cc30011e1c938ed2	-	ol5_u11_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm	6651f2978de727521f1f1316fc766b467f76d2dc7a0e18e0cc30011e1c938ed2	-	ol5_u8_i386_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm	6651f2978de727521f1f1316fc766b467f76d2dc7a0e18e0cc30011e1c938ed2	-	ol5_u9_i386_base
Oracle Linux 5 (ia64)	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_ia64_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u10_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u11_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u8_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u9_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm	972b48c2e69dd74b1efaacfbadd2fdaac3680d00052b0f63f63caedf756e994c	-	ol5_ia64_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm	972b48c2e69dd74b1efaacfbadd2fdaac3680d00052b0f63f63caedf756e994c	-	ol5_u10_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm	972b48c2e69dd74b1efaacfbadd2fdaac3680d00052b0f63f63caedf756e994c	-	ol5_u11_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm	972b48c2e69dd74b1efaacfbadd2fdaac3680d00052b0f63f63caedf756e994c	-	ol5_u8_ia64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm	972b48c2e69dd74b1efaacfbadd2fdaac3680d00052b0f63f63caedf756e994c	-	ol5_u9_ia64_base
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64)	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u10_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u11_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u8_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_u9_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm	bbf9f2f98b8a52adf25027c56da0cb82041f5a24db4ae354b43cb797a6ad465b	-	ol5_x86_64_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2.3.2.0_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2.3.2.1_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2.3.2.2_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2.3.3.0_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2.3.3.1_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_11.2_x86_64_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_12.1.1.1.0_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_12.1.1.1.1_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_12.1.1.1.2_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	exadata_dbserver_12.1_x86_64_latest
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	ol5_u10_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	ol5_u11_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	ol5_u8_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	ol5_u9_x86_64_base
	vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm	ca2609da967902938bdf311dc5c03f63991552fa1d0bdeded05b2338a69b3ed4	-	ol5_x86_64_latest

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