- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1266 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
fipscheck enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated fipscheck package which contains enhancements necessary for FIPS
validation is now available.
Description
FIPSCheck is a library used to verify the integrity of modules validated
under FIPS-140-2. The fipscheck package provides helper binaries for
creating and verifying HMAC-SHA256 checksum files.
These updated fipscheck packages add the following enhancements:
- previously, the fipscheck libraries and binaries were installed in /
(root). However, because they are not required by anything in /, they are
now relocated to /usr. (BZ#475800)
- previously, the fipscheck libraries were packaged in the main fipscheck
package. This would lead to a file conflict when installing fipscheck on
architectures with multilib support. The fipscheck libraries are now
shipped in fipscheck-lib subpackages for each architecture, therefore
avoiding the file conflict. (BZ#502676)
- fipscheck now includes a runtime integrity self-test which is necessary
for FIPS 140-2 level 1 validation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cryptography modules.
- the FIPSCHECK_DEBUG environment variable adds improved debugging. Error
messages can be saved to the syslog or sent to stderr.
- fipscheck can now compute HMACs on multiple files at the same time.
Users of fipscheck are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
add these enhancements.
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
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
x86_64 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb698d48567ba8cff96f1b4d7a0feb8bfefb503392c5a072b7e4ccdab23d3336 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb2a2ec83d9ad5d542851a2a1f467fe678d58e900d0e827c5cf8b26867475e60 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f5b8f2cf04bc7ad47397af6a79675861891c0f45db808093cffbf150c960d759 |
ia64 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 7998bb1e30e6fb31b0a21dd5dca2d1231179b5a401d07ef2053ce1b6c07b240b |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 92bed71700dfbc2963fbc35512831af112626a225e262b6077f5c9d162c1f4b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c36dc09ecdf6abb94da4e8e2a6607ec6c321576671f8d9fdd87459da050802a5 |
i386 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2cac223e24d8ee1485aa771f068fee8790168803365f9faead18848e720678e7 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
x86_64 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb698d48567ba8cff96f1b4d7a0feb8bfefb503392c5a072b7e4ccdab23d3336 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb2a2ec83d9ad5d542851a2a1f467fe678d58e900d0e827c5cf8b26867475e60 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f5b8f2cf04bc7ad47397af6a79675861891c0f45db808093cffbf150c960d759 |
i386 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2cac223e24d8ee1485aa771f068fee8790168803365f9faead18848e720678e7 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
x86_64 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb698d48567ba8cff96f1b4d7a0feb8bfefb503392c5a072b7e4ccdab23d3336 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f5b8f2cf04bc7ad47397af6a79675861891c0f45db808093cffbf150c960d759 |
i386 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2cac223e24d8ee1485aa771f068fee8790168803365f9faead18848e720678e7 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
s390x | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e0b80450abc6714553bf60250da2c98cc81a07fc6fe96c73db83ab78bd9e51f9 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e5cc350128e072c30fff8e15ef754555acda4126ceb0fe8e0ba6be22acd79295 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 5b4bf9f930a9585c8805a50e2c7b92a2c149e878db7d40e5b40c0b7bf6d8282e |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: c48f06455723362054b49eb9d334fad965cbfd4f59b7ae393d56a50362300fd3 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 875164daace6142467602db5146402c5ff0468ed109281bc91e78821b9561d3c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
ppc | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 015b4a7df4cd5a80c0ec431ba204453caab56b60467e28d4dfd130050759110a |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 8348f6fb19ad7e1d112b9ff9357faa856466bace35c63f5112cc024fa7a6d3a9 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 132d378456a43c28d00691c7cd94b03b8119b43ac03dfebe5a96df527319cddd |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: a53078830d2a0687c0213e101ab9abd10a26b9375ed21c55439b53179e4ab70e |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d1bbbcc6cf0cf9c439ca414d4bdc8b7a1fe8ea65ef55e3e14bad23eb7d8bd0e3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: b01e9bd64fbefc917b1f7faaf81e93e6488b0335408d10d0c8e080ca986b3324 |
x86_64 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb698d48567ba8cff96f1b4d7a0feb8bfefb503392c5a072b7e4ccdab23d3336 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb2a2ec83d9ad5d542851a2a1f467fe678d58e900d0e827c5cf8b26867475e60 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f5b8f2cf04bc7ad47397af6a79675861891c0f45db808093cffbf150c960d759 |
i386 | |
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2cac223e24d8ee1485aa771f068fee8790168803365f9faead18848e720678e7 |
fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: baedbbbb2d40ad5b6ba3ef085ed6aada38c439632fb38ea280b15f40807a7d58 |
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6c39edbe194cd42edb0876bab9f61ab8f2c9a01c1c6dfc055d306728a64ec8b9 |
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