RHBA-2013:0450 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rsyslog packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. Rsyslog
supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any
message part, and fine grain output format control.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the rsyslog packages depended on a newer selinux-policy

which the rsyslog spec file did not reflect. The command "yum --security update"
updated rsyslog but not the selinux-policy. As a consequence, rsyslog
malfunctioned when booting and depending services failed, including login. This
update modifies the spec file to prevent installation with an incompatible
selinux-policy package and enforce its update if available. (BZ#838148)

• Prior to this update, the rule that was specified immediately before the

"$IncludeConfig" directive to be reordered after the contents of the included
configuration file due to handling problem with the configuration file parser.
As a consequence, the order of processing was different from the intended one
with the potential of message losses.
This update modifies the underlying code so that the order of processing is the
same as in the configuration file. (BZ#847568)

• Prior to this update, the Unix Socket Input plug-in for rsyslog did not

consider the timestamp format specified by the RFC 5424 Syslog Protocol for
timestamps derived from RFC 3339. As a consequence, messages sent to the syslog
daemon via Unix sockets that used the RFC 3339-derived timestamp format were
silently discarded. This update supports this timestamp format. Messages sent to
the rsyslog system logging daemon via Unix sockets that use the RFC 3339-derived
timestamp format are now accepted and processed properly. (BZ#886004)

All rsyslog users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

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

Fixes

• BZ - 847568 - The $IncludeConfig behavior of rsyslog is wrong.

CVEs

(none)

References

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