Issued:
2015-03-19
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:0704 - cronie bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

cronie bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cronie packages that fix two bugs and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The cronie packages contain the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at scheduled times and the anacron tool that enables crond to run jobs also on machines that are not continuously switched on.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the anacron process could terminate unexpectedly in cases when the anacrontab file contained incorrect configuration settings. To fix this bug, the configuration settings format check has been amended, and the anacron process no longer crashes. (BZ#1031383)

  • Prior to this update, the crond pid file could be erroneously removed in case a crond sub-process terminated unexpectedly. With this update, handling of the crond sub-processes termination has been corrected, and the removal no longer occurs. (BZ#1082232)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • The crond daemon now logs shutdowns. Its proper terminations are therefore distinguishable from abnormal ones. (BZ#1108384)

  • The crond daemon now logs errors when jobs are skipped due to getpwnam() call failures. (BZ#1123984)

Users of cronie are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • cronie-anacron-1.4.4-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • cronie-1.4.4-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • cronie-1.4.4-14.el6.src.rpm
  • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • cronie-1.4.4-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • cronie-1.4.4-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • cronie-anacron-1.4.4-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.4-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • cronie-anacron-1.4.4-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • cronie-1.4.4-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • cronie-anacron-1.4.4-14.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information