Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1675 - jss bug fix update

Synopsis

jss bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated jss package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

JSS is a Java binding to Network Security Services (NSS), which provides SSL/TLS network protocols and other security services in the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) suite. JSS is primarily utilized by the Certificate Server.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The java.net.SocketException was accompanied by a misleading error message because the exception definition was using a variable pointed to a wrong address. With this update, the underlying code has been modified and the exception now uses the correct error message. (BZ#660436)

  • On Luna SA HSM in FIPS mode, Red Hat Certificate System failed to generate a certificate and threw an exception if ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) algorithms was set to higher than SHA1withEC. This occurred because in FIPS mode, the SSL protocol requires ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman), which is not supported by Luna SA. With this update, the ECDH support has been provided by JSS/NSS, and certificates are created and used with SSL correctly. (BZ#705947)

  • In FIPS mode, DRM (Data Recovery Manager) failed to recover keys because it failed to import the respective key. With this update, the key is generated on recovery and the recovery succeeds. (BZ#733551)

All users of jss are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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

  • jss-debuginfo-4.2.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • jss-4.2.6-20.el6.s390x.rpm
  • jss-javadoc-4.2.6-20.el6.i686.rpm
  • jss-debuginfo-4.2.6-20.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • jss-javadoc-4.2.6-20.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • jss-javadoc-4.2.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • jss-debuginfo-4.2.6-20.el6.i686.rpm
  • jss-4.2.6-20.el6.src.rpm
  • jss-4.2.6-20.el6.i686.rpm
  • jss-4.2.6-20.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • jss-4.2.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • jss-debuginfo-4.2.6-20.el6.s390x.rpm
  • jss-javadoc-4.2.6-20.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information