RHBA-2011:1708 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated certmonger package that fixes multiple bugs is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The certmonger service monitors certificates as the date at which they become
invalid approaches, optionally attempting to re-enroll with a supported
certificate authority (CA) to keep the services which use the certificates
running without incident.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the certmonger service could access a Network Security Services

(NSS) database without a password, despite being configured to use a password to
access that database. This behavior was not recognized as an error. This update
correctly diagnoses this inconsistency as an error. (BZ#692766)

• Previously, if the certmonger service could not generate a key pair in an NSS

database because it did not have the password that was required for accessing
the database, the certmonger service did not recover when it was subsequently
given the correct password. This update handles this case correctly. (BZ#694184)

• Previously, the certmonger service did not correctly diagnose a missing token

if the name of the token to use was specified when the service was instructed to
generate a key pair for storage in an NSS database. This update corrects this
error. (BZ#697058)

• Previously, the certmonger service encountered an assertion failure if the

D-Bus message bus service was not already running when certmonger was started.
This update modifies the certmonger service so that no more assertion problems
occur in such a situation. (BZ#712500)

• Previously, when the getcert command needed to report an error message which

it received from the certmonger service, it exited unexpectedly due to a logic
error. This update corrects the logic so that the error message is correctly
reported. (BZ#721392)

• Previously, the certmonger service was not fully compatible with newer

versions of the xmlrpc-c and libcurl packages. As a result, credentials could
not be delegated when using GSSAPI authentication with a CA that was accessed
via XML-RPC. This update includes the necessary changes to continue to be able
to delegate credentials when using GSSAPI authentication with a CA that is
accessed using XML-RPC, such as IPA. (BZ#727863)

• Previously, when the getcert request command was given a location for key or

certificate storage using a relative path, and the location did not exist, the
error was only reported after multiple warnings during which the command
attempted to convert the relative path to an absolute path. This update
suppresses these warnings. (BZ#699059, BZ#739903)

• Previously, an incorrect error message was displayed if the getcert resubmit

command was invoked with the -i flag to specify which request should be
resubmitted to a CA but no request that matched the provided value was present.
This update displays the correct error message. (BZ#741262)

• Due to a logic error, attempts to save a newly-obtained certificate to an NSS

database could fail intermittently. This update corrects the error. (BZ#742348)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• Previously, the getcert list command only printed information about every

certificate and enrollment request being managed by certmonger, and there was no
way to narrow down the results. This update includes an updated version of the
command which can narrow the result set if the invoking user provides
information about the location of the certificate or key in which the user is
interested (BZ#698772)

• This update now includes an HTTP "Referer:" header value when submitting

requests to CAs which are accessed using XML-RPC, as is expected to be required
by future releases of the IPA CA (BZ#750617).

All users of the certmonger service are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which fixes these bugs and adds 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 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 Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 692766 - Certmonger generates certificate on providing incorrect NSS database PIN
• BZ - 696816 - certmonger crash : triggered by "ipa-getcert request -d /etc/pki/nssdb/ -n -"
• BZ - 697058 - ipa-getcert : cert request success when wrong token is given
• BZ - 698772 - RFE: add option to "ipa-getcert list" to list status for a single cert
• BZ - 699059 - ipa-getcert request : give wrong suggest value when command failed
• BZ - 699552 - certmonger crash : triggered by "ipa-getcert start-tracking"
• BZ - 712500 - Segmentation fault when certmonger service is started
• BZ - 721392 - Certmonger Crash - IPA Environment
• BZ - 727863 - Add support for new xmlrpc-c API to do GSSAPI delegation
• BZ - 739903 - Error message can be more appropriate while there exists no such file or directory.
• BZ - 741262 - proper error message not displayed on providing non-existent request with 'getcert resubmit'
• BZ - 742348 - TPS SRPM Failure on i386 workstation distribution
• BZ - 743485 - Proper error message needed on providing non-existent request identifier with "getcert list"
• BZ - 743488 - Proper error message needed on providing non-existent CA name with "getcert list"
• BZ - 750617 - certmonger: Requires client-side changes for server-side fixes (due to CVE-2011-3636) [rhel-6.2]

CVEs

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References

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