RHEA-2011:0672 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated fipscheck packages which relocate the library from /usr to /lib or
/lib64 are now available.

Description

FIPSCheck is a library used to verify the integrity of modules validated
under FIPS-140-2. The fipscheck package provides helper binaries for
creating and verifying HMAC-SHA256 checksum files.

These updated fipscheck packages add the following enhancement:

• The fipscheck library can be linked to binaries (such as cryptsetup)

which have to operate when /usr is not mounted. With this update, the
fipscheck library relocates from /usr to /lib or /lib64 (depending on the
underlying architecture) to allow linking to such binaries. (BZ#669077)

All fipscheck users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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