Issued:
2011-11-07
Updated:
2011-11-07

RHBA-2011:1429 - rsh bug fix update

Synopsis

rsh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rsh packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The rsh packages contain programs which allow users to run commands on remote machines, log in to other machines, copy files between machines (rsh, rlogin and rcp), and provide an alternate method of executing remote commands (rexec). All of these programs are run by the xinetd daemon and can be configured using the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system and configuration files in the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The rshd daemon performed redundant calls of the setpwent and endpwent functions. As a consequence, rshd queried NIS servers with every rsh access. With this update, these redundant calls were removed so that rshd no longer contacts NIS servers unnecessarily. (BZ#749322)

All users of rsh are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rsh-server-0.17-40.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • rsh-server-0.17-40.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • rsh-0.17-40.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • rsh-server-0.17-40.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • rsh-server-0.17-40.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • rsh-server-0.17-40.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information