[El-errata] ELSA-2012-0304 Low: Oracle Linux 5 vixie-cron security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-0304

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0304.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[4:4.1-81]
- 455664 adoptions of crontab orphans, forgot add buffer for list of
   orphans
- Related: rhbz#455664

[4:4.1-80]
- 654961 crond process ignores the changes of user's home directory needs
   bigger changes of code. The fix wasn't applied, detail in comment#11.
- Related: rhbz#249512

[4:4.1-79]
- CVE-2010-0424 vixie-cron, cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp
   of user's crontab file, when editing the file
- Resolves: rhbz#741534

[4:4.1-78]
- 625016 - crond requires a restart if mcstransd is stopped
- Resolves: rhbz#625016

[4:4.1-78]
- 460070 entries in cronjobs in /etc/cron.d are checked for valid syntax
- Resolves: rhbz#460070

[4:4.1-78]
- 455664 adoptions of crontab orphans
- 249512 crontab should verify a user's access to PAM cron service
- Resolves: rhbz#455664, rhbz#249512

[4:4.1-78]
- 699621 and 699620 man page fix
- 529632 service crond status return correct status
- 480930 set correct pie options in CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
- 476972 crontab error with @reboot entry
- Resolves: rhbz#699621, rhbz#699620, rhbz#529632, rhbz#480930, rhbz#476972