Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2102 - shadow-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

shadow-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The shadow-utils packages include programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, as well as utilities for managing user and group accounts.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of shadow-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.6-5.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-5.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-5.el7.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.6-5.el7.src.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.6-5.el7.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.6-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information