RHBA-2012:0295 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

ESounD, the Enlightened Sound Daemon, is a server process that mixes several
audio streams for playback by a single audio device.

This update fixes the following bug:

• United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) for Red Hat Enterprise

Linux prohibits world-writable directories owned by users. The previous version
of ESounD created a temporary directory, /tmp/.esd, with incorrect permissions
and placed its socket there. This update ensures that the directory is owned by
the root user, and ESounD is thus compliant with the USGCB guidance for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. (BZ#733090)

All users of esound 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

CVEs

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References

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