Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0672 - fipscheck enhancement update

Synopsis

fipscheck enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated fipscheck packages which relocate the library from /usr to /lib or /lib64 are now available.

Description

FIPSCheck is a library used to verify the integrity of modules validated under FIPS-140-2. The fipscheck package provides helper binaries for creating and verifying HMAC-SHA256 checksum files.

These updated fipscheck packages add the following enhancement:

  • The fipscheck library can be linked to binaries (such as cryptsetup) which have to operate when /usr is not mounted. With this update, the fipscheck library relocates from /usr to /lib or /lib64 (depending on the underlying architecture) to allow linking to such binaries. (BZ#669077)

All fipscheck users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/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

  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-5.el6.src.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information