- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1273 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libsepol bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated libsepol packages that resolve several issues are now available.
Description
libsepol provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary policies.
It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar tools, and
programs such as load_policy, which must perform specific
transformations on binary policies (for example, customizing policy boolean
settings).
The updated libsepol packages address the following issues:
- the RPM package information specified that libsepol was provided under a
GPL license. This contradicted the source RPM change log, which specified
that libsepol was provided under a LGPL licence. The correct licence type
(LGPL) is now specified in the libsepol package information. (BZ#488802)
- dontaudit messages could not be disabled, which made it difficult for
customers building their own security policies to identify which policies
were being denied. This updated package includes the
"sepol_set_disable_dontaudit" function, which allows dontaudit messages to
be disabled.
All users of libsepol are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve these issues.
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/docs/DOC-11259
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 - 488802 - RPM license advertisement for libsepol indicates GPL rather than LGPL
- BZ - 494900 - Need to be able to turn off dontaudit messages
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
x86_64 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6167db43dc6bd89d543eb54c17457496e83beff6ad8fe89ca0a5ba25511dcb11 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 703f328549219b52125cff3ad1295b73b9ea11426103ebfe3e7b36c7d312147e |
ia64 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 298f904c9e0a2252e992643b354a53cee67e0d096758360fbcc016f18048e660 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c554c6fccd2c0789aa36f5fffc5352774cc5b93a07282d8bbcbf1de6dab6dbd8 |
i386 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
x86_64 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6167db43dc6bd89d543eb54c17457496e83beff6ad8fe89ca0a5ba25511dcb11 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 703f328549219b52125cff3ad1295b73b9ea11426103ebfe3e7b36c7d312147e |
i386 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
x86_64 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6167db43dc6bd89d543eb54c17457496e83beff6ad8fe89ca0a5ba25511dcb11 |
i386 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
s390x | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: fb31e0c5cc9882cb02e252217d94a9ba82b607a072797d772d53ca898c2f847f |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 79143808f118a88651e8c4a28b5ab9e2acea5590623f0c8d8b63ce6e9e75c282 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 3e28dc0cf93d991645de06084300b58b607e1b626205ef21e6e85bdc546b46d7 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 93ff3ed96f9f5c138f463113ce43bdca5485b00846b3dc4511b24acff39a2bc7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
ppc | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 78d6a4546d920dbdab6e7e9e07de76c6e4880750d025f694ff9676d9834d5d32 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 91591a475689aecfaf4f859b7b61a730c28618f4f952c8c5e59a896ba307c65b |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2c1fe3db4df7b7d6972188871485ca215b891faa2484b0357eadf4de9c758bb4 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2a995e6410e2a88014ff5a3b9c98cd581cb3b7b615c642ddf4d5307b828e6abe |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
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libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0d9c2ae57b3e6a8f0422cc8e856adf20d64bc9ba5527a06ff38a8f839e12a080 |
x86_64 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6167db43dc6bd89d543eb54c17457496e83beff6ad8fe89ca0a5ba25511dcb11 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 703f328549219b52125cff3ad1295b73b9ea11426103ebfe3e7b36c7d312147e |
i386 | |
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 840397b9ea262eb438887351e1214e50c3a20b562b931eb1c8ccc8ce3af06373 |
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1a5fea56ccfcdd825f764487afbcdc3504ee97e4e02fcc99bb601885e90fb0e |
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