RHBA-2010:0668 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated oddjob package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

oddjob is a D-BUS service which performs particular tasks for clients which
connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.

This updated package provides patches for the following bugs:

• previously, the configuration settings between systems which support both

32-bit and 64-bit binaries could not be shared. This was because the locations
of the oddjob "mkhomedir" helper binary differed between 32-bit and 64-bit
versions of the package on such systems. With this update, the helper binary has
been moved to the same location on all architectures. (BZ#476255)

• previously, the oddjob_request and pam_oddjob_mkhomedir.so clients would print

an error message, when running on systems on which SELinux had been disabled.
This was because these clients could not determine the SELinux context of the
running oddjobd daemon. With this update, the clients do not attempt to do so
anymore and the issue is resolved. (BZ#510457)

All users of D-BUS are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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 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 - 510457 - DBus error messages with pam_oddjob_mkhomedir.so and disabled SELinux

CVEs

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References

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