RHBA-2014:0466 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated perl-Crypt-SSLeay packages that fix one bug are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The perl-Crypt-SSLeay packages contain Perl modules that provide support for the
HTTPS protocol under Library for WWW in Perl (LWP) so that LWP::UserAgent can
make HTTPS GET, HEAD, and POST requests. The perl-Crypt-SSLeay packages contain
Net::SSL module, which is automatically loaded by requests from the
LWP::Protocol::https module, and provide the necessary SSL glue for the module
to work.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The perl-Crypt-SSLeay packages included their own certification authority's

(CA) certificates bundle. As a consequence, the content provided by the
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57/ca-bundle.crt file became out of date.
With this update, /usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57/ca-bundle.crt has been
replaced with a symbolic link to the /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt file,
which is a system-wide storage file for trusted CA certificates. As a result,
the perl-Crypt-SSLeay documentation does not contain a bundle of CA certificates
that is out of date and could confuse the user. (BZ#1059992)

Users of perl-Crypt-SSLeay are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix 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/site/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 - 1059992 - perl-Crypt-SSLeay: stop shipping own certificate bundle

CVEs

(none)

References

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