Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0785 - rsyslog enhancement update

Synopsis

rsyslog enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Enhanced rsyslog packages are now available.

Description

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon that supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine grain output format control. Rsyslog is compatible with stock sysklogd, and can be used as a drop-in replacement. It is simple to set up, with advanced features suitable for enterprise-class, encryption-protected syslog relay chains.

These updated rsyslog packages add the following enhancement:

  • With this update, rsyslog is built with the PIE (Position Independent Executable) and RELRO (read-only relocations) flags, thus, increasing the overall security. Also, rsyslog now owns the "/etc/pki/rsyslog" directory. A ChangeLog which contains a record of changes made to the rsyslog package was added to the existing documentation in the "/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-[VERSION]" directory. (BZ#642994)

Users of rsyslog are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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 - 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

  • rsyslog-relp-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-mysql-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-pgsql-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-debuginfo-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gnutls-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-pgsql-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-debuginfo-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-pgsql-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-relp-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-gnutls-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-4.6.2-3.el6.src.rpm
  • rsyslog-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gssapi-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsyslog-relp-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gnutls-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-pgsql-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gssapi-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-gssapi-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gssapi-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-mysql-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-mysql-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-gnutls-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-relp-4.6.2-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsyslog-mysql-4.6.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsyslog-debuginfo-4.6.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsyslog-debuginfo-4.6.2-3.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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