RHBA-2011:1618 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openscap packages that fix various bugs and add several enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a line of standards that
provide a standard language for the expression of Computer Network Defense (CND)
related information. OpenSCAP is a set of open source libraries for the
integration of SCAP.

The openscap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.8.0, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. The
most important changes include support for Open Vulnerability and Assessment
Language (OVAL) version 5.8. (BZ#697648)

All users of openscap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 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 Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 697648 - Rebase openscap for OVAL 5.8 functionality

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)