Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1774 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

rng-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An enhanced rng-tools package that adds two enhancements is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rng-tools package contains the random number generator user space utilities,
such as the rngd daemon.

This update adds the following enhancements:

  • A new "-i, --ignorefail" command line option has been added to the rngd

daemon. This option allows rngd to ignore repeated warning messages about failed
FIPS checks. (BZ#733452)

  • The rngd(8) manual page has been modified to include the "-i, --ignorefail"

option. (BZ#749629)

All users of rng-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
adds these enhancements.

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/kb/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 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 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2
i386
rng-tools-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d13474d3ae068a23f123bf70f5b11e0c5c1d2f15827feaf7aac991e9ec10baee
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 573dab953b7b835bb1865c06a99bd530e3a0a2a84cdd3444c0157299a5df4c38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2
i386
rng-tools-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d13474d3ae068a23f123bf70f5b11e0c5c1d2f15827feaf7aac991e9ec10baee
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 573dab953b7b835bb1865c06a99bd530e3a0a2a84cdd3444c0157299a5df4c38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2
i386
rng-tools-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d13474d3ae068a23f123bf70f5b11e0c5c1d2f15827feaf7aac991e9ec10baee
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 573dab953b7b835bb1865c06a99bd530e3a0a2a84cdd3444c0157299a5df4c38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2
i386
rng-tools-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d13474d3ae068a23f123bf70f5b11e0c5c1d2f15827feaf7aac991e9ec10baee
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 573dab953b7b835bb1865c06a99bd530e3a0a2a84cdd3444c0157299a5df4c38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
s390x
rng-tools-2-10.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 156abf8963c774db3779ece8b3eaa45db8bf6fa0ff1d18427285cee551fa9e2a
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: eb14b7f935abcef87edd53f668e3b6a1de73f2a326b8081143b1fb175a8b1f84

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
ppc64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 72325635112dcd5b6a6c200e1257206e4012d062076ebfe6cf853c11b3e14525
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 60e1c06692cff36d7223a1094d4b6e64dc2b74e09db9c230dd4949e718d9c012

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
x86_64
rng-tools-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b017a8f32a4ba0b20463c136df43bb24a640683bb1802964c32364490fb1f331
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5dd702bd16a2da6a583c847f0efe7b2047d665ca78f65ef9d022c33659c0fff2
i386
rng-tools-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d13474d3ae068a23f123bf70f5b11e0c5c1d2f15827feaf7aac991e9ec10baee
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 573dab953b7b835bb1865c06a99bd530e3a0a2a84cdd3444c0157299a5df4c38

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

SRPM
rng-tools-2-10.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6b95610e1937873109973997824803c0cbddb591b02835f11d92c4325466ed6d
s390x
rng-tools-2-10.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 156abf8963c774db3779ece8b3eaa45db8bf6fa0ff1d18427285cee551fa9e2a
rng-tools-debuginfo-2-10.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: eb14b7f935abcef87edd53f668e3b6a1de73f2a326b8081143b1fb175a8b1f84

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