Bug 694048 - /dev/random inaccessible by ssh-keygen (copy from 693420)
Summary: /dev/random inaccessible by ssh-keygen (copy from 693420)
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy-targeted
Version: 5.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
urgent
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact: Miroslav Vadkerti
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Whiteboard:
Depends On: 693723
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-06 10:35 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2013-01-11 03:55 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-2.4.6-300.el5_6.1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The sshd service, ssh clients, and other SSH-aware utilities require access to the /dev/random and /dev/urandom random number generators. Prior to this update, SELinux incorrectly prevented the ssh-keygen utility from accessing the /dev/random device. This update adapts SELinux policies to allow this access, and ssh-keygen is now able to read data from /dev/random as expected.
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Last Closed: 2011-05-04 06:54:54 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0481 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix update 2011-05-04 06:54:49 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-04-06 10:35:17 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #693723 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Miroslav Grepl 2011-04-06 15:21:27 UTC 
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-300.el5_6.1
Comment 6 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-04-08 12:30:03 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
The sshd service, ssh clients, and other SSH-aware utilities require access to the /dev/random and /dev/urandom random number generators. Prior to this update, SELinux incorrectly prevented the ssh-keygen utility from accessing the /dev/random device. This update adapts SELinux policies to allow this access, and ssh-keygen is now able to read data from /dev/random as expected.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-04 06:54:54 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0481.html
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