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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:0663 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-03-10
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:0663 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

fprintd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated fprintd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fprintd packages contain a D-Bus service to access fingerprint readers.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to a bug in the fprintd daemon code, long-running Pluggable Authentication

Module (PAM) clients were experiencing file descriptor leaks for each iteration
of authentication. With this update, the file descriptor closes after completing
its job, and therefore the file descriptor leaks no longer occur. (BZ#1024825)

Users of fprintd 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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 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 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 x86_64
  • 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
ppc64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a8576d84a21050cc1ec683fa7dc58b0e8e2173b2800f2cd8216279977f915c42
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 4f0bef2fad8310733972a73c7a9c7459db3a1c9a1ba58e5cf753d7fa1787530b
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b77c3741b9c55e646ad89366122148879f81ddd175a86dfc5c98cc4f0dd85f39
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 647fc577019110e27b8923d28dc26490416faf9eb0384779371ee352ffb5b422
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: eb36f6561ade304ca20bd2e97bc0a30404ccf5d3a01c9d6b7edee953ed719dfa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: c88090c1739582a76a2bf47dc93c316d544fee26d55d34adb5fd88271cf42a9d
x86_64
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 47f75c84895c5b9fe9552b96c18381921c2773986a9382e3a2cd473155cd8512
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 877559ad4fb8c30b51734824ec629c59126aa3ffaf1aafce09716a8c7dea8c28
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d11029dbb8e1c361c69b252c4f2052dc529cac0a38fc0dba8fcd21ab6997acc2
i386
fprintd-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fb64f81fe8acc779e85e145803dac61252c63383fef580a912da296f5f593ecf
fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d455ee21d9e75c17ae4ef4284d77d53120a3c00ebd17058c1215f91cb0e897e8
fprintd-devel-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: f54ef1f81adfaa0c3fc644a59c1baacece0c0e516d7f84b0368b03a03218e501
fprintd-pam-0.1-22.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020e6f51f063a6f129a790349aa47c586193dd67f1586d08ebc704655639b0fc

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