Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1733 - fipscheck enhancement update


Synopsis

fipscheck enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated fipscheck packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fipscheck library is 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.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • Prior to this update, the fipscheck library was linked without support for read-only relocations (RELRO) flags. The updated fipscheck packages are now provided with partial RELRO support. (BZ#727277)

Users of fipscheck are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/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-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.s390.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-debuginfo-1.2.0-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-devel-1.2.0-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • fipscheck-1.2.0-7.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information