- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1298 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libsemanage bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated libsemanage packages that fix multiple issues are now available.
Description
libsemanage provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary
policies. It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar
tools, as well as by programs such as load_policy, which must perform
specific transformations on binary policies (for example, customizing
policy boolean settings)
These updated packages fix the following bugs:
- 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" and "semanage_set_disable_dontaudit"
functions, which allow dontaudit messages to
be disabled. (BZ#493114)
- corrected a specific versioned dependency issue relating to libsepol
(BZ#512662)
All users of libsemanage 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 - 493114 - Need to be able to turn off dontaudit messages
- BZ - 512662 - libsemanage: new version on 5.4 may need explicit dependency on updated libsepol
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
x86_64 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 33738c88bc60c042066105fc817cecef8fd9d948c4ee77c4d74ac7e731597d18 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de3d38062094a6f421bd668c7f1251914770d5ee0f51d4766324805cd491f05f |
ia64 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 87410c399ead8ad36c872c9fe0bbc88705063b0009b7e6e5df05df8f2b916866 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c69eb43388e51053d761c98f8d71cb900324e953e2082902787322279eb94ef |
i386 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a976a00b2c4a320bd944479bdc2f27241c87d55c86c18aa0bc3c2db8a697906 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
x86_64 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 33738c88bc60c042066105fc817cecef8fd9d948c4ee77c4d74ac7e731597d18 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de3d38062094a6f421bd668c7f1251914770d5ee0f51d4766324805cd491f05f |
i386 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a976a00b2c4a320bd944479bdc2f27241c87d55c86c18aa0bc3c2db8a697906 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
x86_64 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 33738c88bc60c042066105fc817cecef8fd9d948c4ee77c4d74ac7e731597d18 |
i386 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a976a00b2c4a320bd944479bdc2f27241c87d55c86c18aa0bc3c2db8a697906 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
s390x | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 79e46761b98e8dd98143b81ca5278f6e8d53a84294f81a97c9fa7f1a34d6b591 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e751a83f6c4f9532c29298b730dbc719664e568f576a040cab15a73b832da978 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 94fc4e8f4d9c784fbfad18e3bf94dba3f53f19e15dda97dc9a51a319c382e47e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
ppc | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 43331360e2128840bfa40a730358dae92df80116b0d582a63c115471b763c8a8 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 693291eb8e6a223bb2d22eef710fe42ad5670cc3b53f9282fd8464d29c48d025 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: a5cd70eaf28e16016a92ee70331d047fb99e451e8554c24325c0f162455da776 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 62c78df71d7ca752c7f6a9c09808f901611ec375694bec020501ffc05f274ef4 |
x86_64 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 33738c88bc60c042066105fc817cecef8fd9d948c4ee77c4d74ac7e731597d18 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de3d38062094a6f421bd668c7f1251914770d5ee0f51d4766324805cd491f05f |
i386 | |
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a976a00b2c4a320bd944479bdc2f27241c87d55c86c18aa0bc3c2db8a697906 |
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ceebfc00f86c2ae1f021e39dcdba568fa1bcef901000187833fc1afb28bda4cc |
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