- Issued:
- 2012-09-17
- Updated:
- 2012-09-17
RHBA-2012:1270 - sudo bug fix update
Synopsis
sudo bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated sudo packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Due to an previous enhancement update, the sudo behavior changed to run a command as a new child process using the fork() and execve() functions, rather than using execve() directly and replace the sudo process. This change in behavior caused various problems with custom scripts. This update adds a new option to restore the old behavior. This option can be activated by adding "Defaults cmnd_no_wait" to the /etc/sudoers file, which fixes this bug. (BZ#854513)
All users of sudo 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ia64.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.s390x.rpm
- sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
- sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
- sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.s390x.rpm
- sudo-debuginfo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ppc.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ppc.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.src.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.ia64.rpm
- sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
(none)
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
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