Issued:
2010-11-22
Updated:
2010-11-22

RHBA-2010:0906 - libcap-ng bug fix update

Synopsis

libcap-ng bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libcap-ng packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libcap-ng library is designed to make programming with POSIX capabilities easier. It is shipped with utilities to analyze the POSIX capabilities of all running applications, as well as tools to set the file system-based capabilities.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, when listing the file system based capabilities of a single file with the "filecap" utility, it would terminate with a segmentation fault. This error has been fixed, and "filecap" no longer crashes when attempting to list the capabilities of a single file. (BZ#650131)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • libcap-ng-utils-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • libcap-ng-utils-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • libcap-ng-python-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.src.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
  • libcap-ng-python-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • libcap-ng-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-devel-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • libcap-ng-python-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • libcap-ng-python-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-utils-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libcap-ng-utils-0.6.4-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information