- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2007:1145 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
nss_db bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated nss_db package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The nss_db package is a set of C library extensions which allow Berkeley
Databases to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts,
networks, protocols, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords. These
databases are used instead of or in addition to the flat files used by
these tools by default.
The makedb utility attempts to look up and apply the correct SELinux
context when creating new files. When SELinux was set to "enforcing" or
"permissive" mode, the makedb utility was unable to determine the correct
SELinux context when creating a new database outside of the "/var/db/"
directory, causing makedb to fail and log the following errors:
makedb: cannot determine file context for '/path/to/database.db'
make: *** [/path/to/database.db] Error 1
Where '/path/to/database.db' is the path to the database which makedb tried
to create.
In these updated packages, if makedb cannot determine the correct SELinux
context for a new database, the context of the directory into which the new
database is being written is applied.
Users of nss_db are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- 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 Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 368281 - makedb cannot make db files outside of /var/db
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
x86_64 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85e4db159bf82bfffe62ba96c25c9ac3e6d52f7ca664960d599e5a9d9b5dadf8 |
ia64 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ae28f01e4e30e64f3bd5bb93fd066b10b68237bd8fd22ed6f30c66e6cb8f4963 |
i386 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
x86_64 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85e4db159bf82bfffe62ba96c25c9ac3e6d52f7ca664960d599e5a9d9b5dadf8 |
i386 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
x86_64 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85e4db159bf82bfffe62ba96c25c9ac3e6d52f7ca664960d599e5a9d9b5dadf8 |
i386 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
s390x | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3b4f364b2fd4dfba29ae2074f1aa866fbf281dcec80ba3a43be725c9f73c93 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: bb418744588f74f772e086b5c4452c2ab3633faeb1e33392706a5fa5f679ead0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
ppc | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f6a75bcf80055e0d0448dbc9880a083be2d73d9f895f558195677e872f9f557e |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: fb6fdbe67f817f1a3b8561a60e6e3f06bf01722d244a17e590fb20da4ecb12c5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
nss_db-2.2-35.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7448c958a8db3510de4510924bff123715e5ce19a676da826a66f563c431f52d |
x86_64 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85e4db159bf82bfffe62ba96c25c9ac3e6d52f7ca664960d599e5a9d9b5dadf8 |
i386 | |
nss_db-2.2-35.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 273a142b82e1f99abe081882100fc0f280a523034702c720456d0ed133041a29 |
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