Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHEA-2012:0209 - openscap bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

openscap bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated openscap packages that fix various bugs and add several enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a line of standards that provide a standard language for the expression of Computer Network Defense (CND) related information. OpenSCAP is a set of open source libraries for the integration of SCAP.

The openscap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.8.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including support for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) version 5.8. (BZ#683579)

All users of openscap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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

  • openscap-extra-probes-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-python-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.s390.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-extra-probes-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.src.rpm
  • openscap-perl-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-utils-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-perl-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openscap-python-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-python-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-utils-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openscap-extra-probes-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openscap-python-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-utils-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-python-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.s390.rpm
  • openscap-utils-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-extra-probes-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-utils-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-perl-0.8.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openscap-perl-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • openscap-extra-probes-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openscap-perl-0.8.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • openscap-devel-0.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openscap-0.8.0-1.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information