Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0972 - pam_pkcs11 bug fix update

Synopsis

pam_pkcs11 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated pam_pkcs11 packages which fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The pam_pkcs11 package allows X.509 certificate-based user authentication. It provides access to the certificate and its dedicated private key with an appropriate Public Key Cryptographic Standards #11 (PKCS#11) module.

These updated pam_pkcs11 packages fix the following bug:

  • When remotely logged into a system with smart card log-in turned on, users saw the following unnecessary error message when trying to use su:

    ERROR:pam_pkcs11.c:224: Remote login (from localhost:13.0) is not (yet) supported

The user was still able to use su despite this message. With this update the message is logged but no longer displayed. (BZ#756917)

All users of pam_pkcs11 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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

  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.src.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-12.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-12.1.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information