m2crypto bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0041-3
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-05-21
Last updated on:	2008-05-21
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

Updated m2crypto packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now
available.

m2crypto is a python wrapper for OpenSSL. It makes it possible to call
OpenSSL function from Python scripts.

These updated packages address the following bug:

* SSL connections failed when attempted through some HTML/1.1 proxies.

These new packages also add the following enhancement:

* m2crypto now supports single certificates with multiple host names in the
subjectAltName and commonName fields.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated m2crypto packages, which
resolve this issue and add this capability.

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

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm	`36924dd6b027c95d4b19b565159862bb`

IA-32:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm	`99c3a3e85ce86e1647761441ca836c19`

IA-64:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.ia64.rpm	`7d592f58bb56d38eb8ec9d5e20f1e9c8`

PPC:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.ppc.rpm	`a600f06e514d6c73e46cbac77d0e2366`

s390x:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.s390x.rpm	`4372aeabb866631915f5eeae154ab24b`

x86_64:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm	`46686029778c8c74e366fa24ee8e6cd3`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm	`36924dd6b027c95d4b19b565159862bb`

IA-32:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm	`99c3a3e85ce86e1647761441ca836c19`

x86_64:
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm	`46686029778c8c74e366fa24ee8e6cd3`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

239034 - RHN yum plugin sending malformed HTTP/1.1 header to proxy server preventing updates
363591 - m2crypto in RHEL5 does not support multiple names on the same certificate

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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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