Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0465 - libsemanage bug fix update

Synopsis

libsemanage bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated libsemanage packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libsemanage library provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary policies. It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar tools, as well as by programs such as load_policy, which must perform specific transformations on binary policies (for example, customizing policy boolean settings).

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the "usepasswd" parameter was not available in the /etc/selinux/semanage.conf file. This update adds the missing "usepasswd" parameter to this file. (BZ#798332)

  • When a custom SELinux policy module was loaded with an error, an error message that was not very informative was returned. This update fixes the error message to be more helpful for users. (BZ#829378)

All users of libsemanage are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 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 - 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

  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsemanage-python-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsemanage-static-2.0.43-4.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsemanage-static-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsemanage-static-2.0.43-4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsemanage-python-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsemanage-python-2.0.43-4.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsemanage-python-2.0.43-4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsemanage-2.0.43-4.2.el6.src.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsemanage-debuginfo-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsemanage-devel-2.0.43-4.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsemanage-static-2.0.43-4.2.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information