Issued:
2013-05-10
Updated:
2013-05-10

RHEA-2013:0808 - libselinux enhancement update

Synopsis

libselinux enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated libselinux packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

Description

The libselinux packages contain the core library of an SELinux system. The libselinux library provides an API for SELinux applications to get and set process and file security contexts, and to obtain security policy decisions. It is required for any applications that use the SELinux API, and used by all applications that are SELinux-aware.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • Previously, a substitution of the "/" directory was not directly possible. With this update, support for a substitution of the root directory has been added to allow proper labeling of all directories and files under an alternative root directory. (BZ#956982)

Users of libselinux are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which adds 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3i386

Updated Packages

  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
  • libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-ruby-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • libselinux-static-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-static-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-ruby-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libselinux-static-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-ruby-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-ruby-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.src.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-static-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-debuginfo-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
  • libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_3.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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