Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1474 - pam_pkcs11 bug fix update

Synopsis

pam_pkcs11 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated pam_pkcs11 packages that fix two bugs 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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The pam_pkcs11 utility generated an incorrect Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) URL when attempting to connect to port 636. As a consequence, the connection to that port failed. This update applies a patch to address this bug, and pam_pkcs11 now generates correct LDAP URL in the described scenario. (BZ#887143)

  • After adding the coolkey module manually using the full path by running the "modutil -add "CoolKey PKCS #11 Module" -dbdir /etc/pki/nssdb -libfile /usr/lib64/pkcs11/libcookeypk11.so" command, an attempt to log in using a smart card failed. The underlying source code has been modified to fix this bug and the user is now able to log in using the smart cards as expected. (BZ#1012082)

Users of pam_pkcs11 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/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_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.src.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.s390.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.i686.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.s390.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.2-14.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information