RHBA-2014:1549 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated pki-core packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Red Hat Certificate System is an enterprise software system designed to manage
enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments. PKI Core contains
fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System, which comprise the
Certificate Authority (CA) subsystem.

Note: The Certificate Authority component provided by this advisory cannot be
used as a standalone server. It is installed and operates as a part of Identity
Management (the IPA component) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the IPA CA certificate was created with SHA1 signing algorithm,

instead of SHA256. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and the
certification is now correct. (BZ#1024462)

• Prior to this update, IPA Replica installation failed when using an external

CA certificate. The interoperability problems have been fixed, and IPA again
works with external CA certificates. (BZ#1051382)

• Previously, the pki utility generated copious debug log, filling up the

/var/log file system with log messages. This update implements the log rotation
functionality, thus fixing the bug. (BZ#1055080)

• When the LANG variable for specifying a locale was set to "tr_TR.UTF8", the

installation of IPA became unresponsive. This update prevents Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attributes from being affected by LANG, and IPA
no longer hangs. (BZ#1083170)

• Previously, the setup of the IPA replica failed during external CA Certificate

setup with
"unable to parse xml" error message. The underlying source code has been
patched, and the setup of the replica system now works flawlessly. (BZ#1096142)

• Due to Access Vector Cache (AVC) denial messages in the audit.log file, the

certmonger daemon could not start tracking Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
certificates. Consequently, errors during FreeIPA installation occurred. This
update provides a patch for AVC, and certmonger now starts tracking PKI
certificates as intended. (BZ#1109181)

• While installing the IPA Server, numerous Access Vector Cache (AVC) denial

messages were stored in audit.log. However, AVC messages were not a blocker and
installation proceeded successfully. The problematic source code has been
patched, and IPA Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) clone certificate renewal no
longer produces AVC denial messages. (BZ#1123811)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• With this update, the "CS.cfg" file is automatically backed up to

"CS.cfg.bak" following a successful restart of any configured PKI instance.
(BZ#1061442)

Users of pki-core are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add this enhancement.

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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 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 Desktop 6 i386
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1024462 - IPA admin cert is created with SHA1 signing algorithm, should be SHA256
• BZ - 1055080 - Giant /var/log/pki-ca/debug

CVEs

(none)

References

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