- Issued:
- 2015-02-19
- Updated:
- 2016-05-09
RHBA-2015:0240 - at bug fix update
Synopsis
at bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated at packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The at packages provide a utility for time-oriented job control. The at utility reads commands from standard input or from a specified file and allows you to specify that the commands will be run at a particular time.
This update fixes the following bugs:
-
Due to incorrect race condition handling in the "atd" daemon, "atd" terminated unexpectedly. With this update, "atd" handles the race condition correctly, so that now "atd" no longer terminates in the described scenario. (BZ#994201)
-
Previously, the "at" command was not properly checking the return value of the fclose() function call. As a consequence, if the /var/spool/at file system filled up, "at" could leave empty stale files in the spool directory. With this update, "at" properly checks the return value from fclose(), and "at" no longer leaves empty files in spool in the described scenario. (BZ#1166882)
Users of at are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
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/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- at-debuginfo-3.1.10-48.el6.x86_64.rpm
- at-3.1.10-48.el6.i686.rpm
- at-3.1.10-48.el6.s390x.rpm
- at-3.1.10-48.el6.src.rpm
- at-3.1.10-48.el6.ppc64.rpm
- at-debuginfo-3.1.10-48.el6.i686.rpm
- at-debuginfo-3.1.10-48.el6.s390x.rpm
- at-debuginfo-3.1.10-48.el6.ppc64.rpm
- at-3.1.10-48.el6.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 712079
- This content is not included.BZ - 784814
- This content is not included.BZ - 1166882
- This content is not included.BZ - 1192037
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.