- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0041 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
m2crypto bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated m2crypto packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now
available.
Description
m2crypto is a python wrapper for OpenSSL. It makes it possible to call
OpenSSL function from Python scripts.
These updated packages address the following bug:
- SSL connections failed when attempted through some HTML/1.1 proxies.
These new packages also add the following enhancement:
- m2crypto now supports single certificates with multiple host names in the
subjectAltName and commonName fields.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated m2crypto packages, which
resolve this issue and add this capability.
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 239034 - RHN yum plugin sending malformed HTTP/1.1 header to proxy server preventing updates
- BZ - 363591 - m2crypto in RHEL5 does not support multiple names on the same certificate
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
x86_64 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d9cb7797848f9367797a52b402499ac24382202e826167d09229d5e352b10fb |
ia64 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 7a72fdf18bcac90d3a054a268a7a0b81893c7be5b41a7cbad3b6f3a751192899 |
i386 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2430714f9bce4fb19339451f6585b8abdd8b628dbe5bc866918cc680b9a28e79 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
x86_64 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d9cb7797848f9367797a52b402499ac24382202e826167d09229d5e352b10fb |
i386 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2430714f9bce4fb19339451f6585b8abdd8b628dbe5bc866918cc680b9a28e79 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
x86_64 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d9cb7797848f9367797a52b402499ac24382202e826167d09229d5e352b10fb |
i386 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2430714f9bce4fb19339451f6585b8abdd8b628dbe5bc866918cc680b9a28e79 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
s390x | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b9b1e77ea622a6a03c2f730f57685e03ffb4cf1b145ca4df9c369b47bf2df380 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
ppc | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: acdfc9df816cb8e5f1ed46bd2d33ba2fcc5818bed2ad50628bb3469cc12214e8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 28a1dec6c707691ec8f35f1040ff0e7242fd1948804fc090dcc68879c9e08aca |
x86_64 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d9cb7797848f9367797a52b402499ac24382202e826167d09229d5e352b10fb |
i386 | |
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2430714f9bce4fb19339451f6585b8abdd8b628dbe5bc866918cc680b9a28e79 |
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