Description of problem:
The BBC iPlayer Desktop Application for Linux can auto-update itself, however it is prevented from doing so by selinux, and generates an avc message.

It does however ask for the root password before doing so and should be seen as reasonably secure.

You can find iPlayer on the BBC website http://bbc.co.uk/iplayer


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Running Fedora 11 updated as of 13/08/09.


How reproducible:
Every time.

Additional info: AVC message from setroubleshoot (great program by the way) below -

Summary:

SELinux is preventing rpm (unconfined_execmem_t) "transition" rpm_script_t.

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by rpm. It is not expected that this access is
required by rpm and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also
possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is
causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c
                              0.c1023
Target Context                unconfined_u:system_r:rpm_script_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Objects                /bin/bash [ process ]
Source                        rpm
Source Path                   /bin/rpm
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          Jon-Laptop
Source RPM Packages           rpm-4.7.1-1.fc11
Target RPM Packages           bash-4.0-7.fc11
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.12-72.fc11
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     Jon-Laptop
Platform                      Linux Jon-Laptop 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.i686.PAE #1
                              SMP Wed Jul 29 16:05:22 EDT 2009 i686 i686
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Thu 13 Aug 2009 22:54:07 BST
Last Seen                     Thu 13 Aug 2009 23:00:04 BST
Local ID                      aad05ea9-ed28-437b-b317-787932ebd837
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=Jon-Laptop type=AVC msg=audit(1250200804.253:89): avc:  denied  { transition } for  pid=9407 comm="rpm" path="/bin/bash" dev=sda8 ino=25031 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:rpm_script_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process

node=Jon-Laptop type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1250200804.253:89): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=no exit=-13 a0=8796540 a1=87967f0 a2=87176a8 a3=0 items=0 ppid=9406 pid=9407 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=1 comm="rpm" exe="/bin/rpm" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)