Issued:
2021-11-23
Updated:
2021-11-23

RHBA-2021:4795 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

certmonger bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for certmonger is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The certmonger service monitors certificates, warns of their impending
expiration, and optionally attempts to renew certificates by enrolling the
system with a certificate authority (CA).

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • certmonger creates CSRs with invalid DER syntax for X509v3 extensions

with critical=FALSE (BZ#2015511)

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 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 2015511 - certmonger creates CSRs with invalid DER syntax for X509v3 extensions with critical=FALSE

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
x86_64
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a48f0c711d42c78bd2d32d60f3167d80b76cdc68558bf18fa38d33720d934d12
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64555b9bd49fe6650bf302e0b2c29b234ad6604ba9b6213f30f83e7885aad499

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
x86_64
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a48f0c711d42c78bd2d32d60f3167d80b76cdc68558bf18fa38d33720d934d12
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64555b9bd49fe6650bf302e0b2c29b234ad6604ba9b6213f30f83e7885aad499

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
x86_64
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a48f0c711d42c78bd2d32d60f3167d80b76cdc68558bf18fa38d33720d934d12
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64555b9bd49fe6650bf302e0b2c29b234ad6604ba9b6213f30f83e7885aad499

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
s390x
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6381424b4bcdc8bd902cbf3b551391c475fcfa0c056a0e0c87d759614a80f0c6
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1b84176c98061c980c88db0a39956b68eab5fa3be80299b6bfd61f9ed5a84412

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
ppc64
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 19bb3541368b542f866a80a6e4090f0cd6b07181a2eb6013b743385ce813894d
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 909bfe71ee716f76a5e5afb39c7639903c2ff27645ef248ed1732bb2fd801efb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
x86_64
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a48f0c711d42c78bd2d32d60f3167d80b76cdc68558bf18fa38d33720d934d12
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64555b9bd49fe6650bf302e0b2c29b234ad6604ba9b6213f30f83e7885aad499

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 89f97ee31f2fd814ca9f8faab7efd2df7e714c4c92b87f7ce5ce4de6d9a7ace9
ppc64le
certmonger-0.78.4-17.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8fb69b348cddbbe66253d69a6678f525a7d968f3385948cd30bbf475a4807c4a
certmonger-debuginfo-0.78.4-17.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3ead6b512126896e73e5a84933923475640e58e38d4f3f7c1c3604333cb0fe80

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