Issued:
2012-09-12
Updated:
2012-09-12

RHBA-2012:1260 - mod_nss bug fix update

Synopsis

mod_nss bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mod_nss packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The mod_nss module provides strong cryptography for the Apache HTTP Server via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, using the Network Security Services (NSS) security library.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to a regression, the mod_proxy module no longer worked when configured to support SSL reverse proxy operation. The following error message was logged:

    [error] SSL Proxy: I don't have the name of the host we're supposed to connect to so I can't verify that we are connecting to who we think we should be. Giving up.

A new patch has been applied and the mod_proxy module now works correctly to support SSL reverse proxy. (BZ#849044)

All users of mod_nss 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 Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.src.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm
  • mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
  • mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm
  • mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.8-4.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information