- Issued:
- 2010-03-30
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHBA-2010:0228 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
audit bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated audit package that fixes various bugs and provides an
enhancement is now available.
Description
The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generate by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
This update includes the following fixes:
- The man page was ambiguous in explaining the structure of dates and the
supplied examples often did not work because of different date formats in
various locales. This caused some confusion amongst users. The page has
been rewritten to clarify that the date format accepted by aureport and
ausearch is influenced by the LC_TIME environmental variable, eliminating
the confusion about this issue. (BZ#513974)
- The audit package's libauparse function had a bug that meant it could not
interpret IPC (inter-process communication) mode fields. When it attempted
to do so, a segmentation fault would occur. The audit package has now been
patched so that IPC mode fields are interpreted by the software without
crashes resulting. (BZ#519790)
This update also includes the following enhancement:
- The audit package has been rebased and, as a result, a number of new
features have been
added. These include:
1. Allowing ausearch/report to specify multiple node names (which are
needed for remote logging).
2. auparse can now handle empty AUSOURCE_FILE_ARRAYs.
3. auditctl rules now allow a0-a3 to be negative numbers.
4. An audit.rules man page has been added.
5. auditd resets syslog warnings if disk space becomes available.
6. The != operator in audit_rule_fieldpair_data is now checked.
7. A tcp_max_per_addr option has been added to auditd.conf in order to
limit concurrent connections.
8. Many improvements to remote logging code.
As a result, these enhancements are now available for system
administrators, making auditing options much more flexible. (BZ#529851)
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 - 513974 - aureport does not accept dates as given in the man pages
- BZ - 519790 - crash interpreting IPC mode fields via libauparse
- BZ - 529851 - audit package upgrade for RHEL5.5
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
x86_64 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ed43ee638fb09c7bcbf56122ecabd2cd60185b3a881acf0ede8b88268dead355 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f2dd66405baa3d7f9e90e6871d61f71a1a435d98b6678ecddd330e3763ee319 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3b767b64cb76c442967227576fef11e65331b178804d91a54907a74d3f043798 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a537db5e2a4df9c235f7110849c0e5335a52dc2b75fdd86cb55132e02666235c |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 302dc27f45ef811e62864586d011e1096d41463b84793c11d298fa86a5e44c7f |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2ed467ffffb9d141f4f414d77bcf2b71fdac16d288461393cc73f52ba4b549f7 |
ia64 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e2b697a8003a78210332b6b6fccc01951d0cc8dcf4bdc2e96b8e4591d4b3b64 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ef5142f14527c9c036612bf04ff80863a3e3aa7c1655d972d351e0790cbe6d1f |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 49ac6ee11e3849b02d71570c4cd4d6a2c3b6a40b800ca82a6a7ee5a9e655162d |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4b166fa1cca0f6ff21e209868d1fb982d652368e2b8ad5ea1addc9e615fdb659 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b10aff47250d3cff54805143690d9371d6ec0b01826bcf39cd44b35bb78555a5 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 16d70735dd048a606cb0c1a80ff97b9b23aa17982c56139466888646e8640297 |
i386 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aac0d1bd3aab9bd0b679fa43324244077cba5158dedbe96c4be03cdb691a0d11 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8eeac1dadb4376bdf5f573503b84caa1a80df866c33ef882549d71d3165650b9 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 758c73140773e370a3e207031cf6622ec132e3d52e5a2a8cb89ac6d7d7d8faa8 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc6d35c746ac189dfe06502d0a84a0ec09583e21ff1084111f35c102a19cbdeb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
x86_64 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ed43ee638fb09c7bcbf56122ecabd2cd60185b3a881acf0ede8b88268dead355 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f2dd66405baa3d7f9e90e6871d61f71a1a435d98b6678ecddd330e3763ee319 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3b767b64cb76c442967227576fef11e65331b178804d91a54907a74d3f043798 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a537db5e2a4df9c235f7110849c0e5335a52dc2b75fdd86cb55132e02666235c |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 302dc27f45ef811e62864586d011e1096d41463b84793c11d298fa86a5e44c7f |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2ed467ffffb9d141f4f414d77bcf2b71fdac16d288461393cc73f52ba4b549f7 |
i386 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aac0d1bd3aab9bd0b679fa43324244077cba5158dedbe96c4be03cdb691a0d11 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8eeac1dadb4376bdf5f573503b84caa1a80df866c33ef882549d71d3165650b9 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 758c73140773e370a3e207031cf6622ec132e3d52e5a2a8cb89ac6d7d7d8faa8 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc6d35c746ac189dfe06502d0a84a0ec09583e21ff1084111f35c102a19cbdeb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
x86_64 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ed43ee638fb09c7bcbf56122ecabd2cd60185b3a881acf0ede8b88268dead355 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f2dd66405baa3d7f9e90e6871d61f71a1a435d98b6678ecddd330e3763ee319 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3b767b64cb76c442967227576fef11e65331b178804d91a54907a74d3f043798 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 302dc27f45ef811e62864586d011e1096d41463b84793c11d298fa86a5e44c7f |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2ed467ffffb9d141f4f414d77bcf2b71fdac16d288461393cc73f52ba4b549f7 |
i386 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aac0d1bd3aab9bd0b679fa43324244077cba5158dedbe96c4be03cdb691a0d11 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8eeac1dadb4376bdf5f573503b84caa1a80df866c33ef882549d71d3165650b9 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 758c73140773e370a3e207031cf6622ec132e3d52e5a2a8cb89ac6d7d7d8faa8 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc6d35c746ac189dfe06502d0a84a0ec09583e21ff1084111f35c102a19cbdeb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
s390x | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c7dc5eab3de5a9905a2bb25d2b3472b9f4a65af691e3bd27c5d8c3f2aaf30a4d |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 880012a8da4a8b50c6a0650a01392c79f5268beccaac7a90db563998551122fa |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 89a2a29fb6bbd79039f798d9c361c7239cac8cc09f7f37273b919999cd6841b0 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: cdf44416471b374f076096a6cad2dc169a6a7d43dbacce9aa18aa64ed45e53f0 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 1898cd5cd554a476c3955bdc872d24d0d65e12f1d9fa181a95bcd2493c2c1fb7 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 711373772875d11b2941003396c45b51101d44421fdc8497d11944c6f4068473 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3dfe6309e9cecf4383e83ad681234acf4e63cc0733fea2a4a72e8dfc09570c02 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 279490b7bc5a698f1d917021bc3bc9c47cfc539e7879ccda09c9a15290f0fd84 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
ppc | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 4efb29ae259f272657436a378db860554c796501d9ff81a3f08ae7312c0e4aef |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 614d2405e67b6d156abf15d2fe8015b62ba41e1cdb0796d6e9970c336f32bb18 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2da1cdf5aad2a9cbc72f7eaef3eaa7025ff7c7737a4b58f3ab035961e8c52099 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: bfef2cf98658fdd7eb015b044abb7a3e8de2f4f3608723a5bdf41dbcee94733e |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 60ccb6f0a8fffdbbe6e71f9c23d18cc2c74b8fd7421aa5b203c9109068a1d351 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d447cb7073a4d263fecce6d1a768a1a6d02db630cf271fc11b4ffa6ed3a49849 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 6c43e28b4524e136393b97f16a76b00824e63515b430df7ebf86ed3624b20dc7 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: fd91ec10a3872603bb0abdd5c512996b4fc1ffe583c001b17af34459ae2bd193 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
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audit-1.7.17-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 46bcdcdd5b061f7898f7d38e9c0ff89c29c1cf4cbdaad403ab4b5486230ef916 |
x86_64 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ed43ee638fb09c7bcbf56122ecabd2cd60185b3a881acf0ede8b88268dead355 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f2dd66405baa3d7f9e90e6871d61f71a1a435d98b6678ecddd330e3763ee319 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3b767b64cb76c442967227576fef11e65331b178804d91a54907a74d3f043798 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a537db5e2a4df9c235f7110849c0e5335a52dc2b75fdd86cb55132e02666235c |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 302dc27f45ef811e62864586d011e1096d41463b84793c11d298fa86a5e44c7f |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2ed467ffffb9d141f4f414d77bcf2b71fdac16d288461393cc73f52ba4b549f7 |
i386 | |
audispd-plugins-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: aac0d1bd3aab9bd0b679fa43324244077cba5158dedbe96c4be03cdb691a0d11 |
audit-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8eeac1dadb4376bdf5f573503b84caa1a80df866c33ef882549d71d3165650b9 |
audit-libs-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4133ebf0b048fc24e0bc1d88f0d30c460bc4e8c8178c9a70361a043546579d43 |
audit-libs-devel-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a8dba91936c66439b62324ea89b76f38204f86003fe0c7b43c900eb7905a3865 |
audit-libs-python-1.7.17-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 758c73140773e370a3e207031cf6622ec132e3d52e5a2a8cb89ac6d7d7d8faa8 |
system-config-audit-0.4.10-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc6d35c746ac189dfe06502d0a84a0ec09583e21ff1084111f35c102a19cbdeb |
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