RHBA-2011:1280 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated certmonger package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.1.

Description

An updated certmonger package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.1.

The certmonger service monitors certificates, warning of their impending
expiration, and optionally attempting to re-enroll with supported CAs
(Certificate Authorities).

This update fixes the following bug:

• When submitting a signing request to a Red Hat IPA (Identity, Policy, Audit)

CA, certmonger is expected to authenticate using the client's host credentials,
and to delegate the client's credentials to the server. Recent updates to
libraries on which certmonger depends changed delegation of client credentials
from a mandatory operation to an optional operation that is no longer enabled by
default, which effectively broke certmonger's support for IPA CAs. This update
gives certmonger the ability to explicitly request credential delegation when
used with newer versions of these libraries, which introduce an API that allows
certmonger to explicitly request that credential delegation be performed.
(BZ#729803)

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

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 i386
• Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 729804 - Add support for new xmlrpc-c API to do GSSAPI delegation

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)