RHBA-2011:0483 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated pyOpenSSL package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The pyOpenSSL package provides a high-level wrapper around a subset of the
OpenSSL library for the Python programming language.

The update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, an attempt to use the "crypto.X509Extension" class caused the

calling application to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This
update applies a patch that addresses this issue, and using this class no longer
causes such applications to crash. (BZ#637398)

All users of pyOpenSSL are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes this bug.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 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 - 637398 - X509Extension Segmentation Fault

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)