- Issued:
- 2005-05-19
- Updated:
- 2005-05-19
RHBA-2005:219 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
laus bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated laus packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
These packages include all user space utilities needed to handle the
Linux Audit-Subsystem (LAuS).
The following components are included:
- audit daemon
- audit tools
- PAM module
- liblaus
- liblaussrv
- man pages
Your kernel has to support system call auditing to make these tools work.
All users of laus should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 130071 - laus creates an ever-increasing (and never rotated/deleted) set of logfiles
- BZ - 134051 - [PATCH] Sysctl.conf parameters not reloaded on restart or start
- BZ - 135873 - audit service on by default?
- BZ - 138169 - s/laus-records/laus-record/ in laus(7)
- BZ - 138634 - typo in laus_textmessage manpage
- BZ - 138635 - typos in audit manpage
- BZ - 141314 - standard audit configuration can causes silent system hangs and does not match documentation
- BZ - 142334 - stream output mode broken
- BZ - 147993 - Augrep documentation does not agree with result
- BZ - 147996 - augrep -s does not handle year roll correctly
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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