Bug 796423 - AVC when dirsrv attempts to run prelink with NSS db in FIPS mode
Summary: AVC when dirsrv attempts to run prelink with NSS db in FIPS mode
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 6.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact: Milos Malik
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Depends On: 796351
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-02-22 20:41 UTC by Benjamin Kahn
Modified: 2012-02-24 16:45 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.7.19-126.el6_2.9
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, SELinux received deny AVC messages if the dirsrv utility executed the "modutil -dbdir /etc/dirsrv/slapd-instname -fips" command to enable FIPS mode in an NSS (Network Security Service) key/cert database. This happened because the NSS_Initialize() function attempted to use prelink which uses the dirsrv_t context. With this update, prelink with the dirsrv_t context is allowed to relabel its own temporary files under these circumstances and the problem no longer occurs.
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Last Closed: 2012-02-24 16:45:53 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0338 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix update 2012-02-24 21:44:51 UTC

Description Benjamin Kahn 2012-02-22 20:41:40 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #796351 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.2 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Miroslav Grepl 2012-02-22 21:01:52 UTC 
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.7.19-126.el6_2.7
Comment 17 Miroslav Svoboda 2012-02-24 14:28:41 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:
Previously, SELinux received deny AVC messages if the dirsrv utility executed the "modutil -dbdir /etc/dirsrv/slapd-instname -fips" command to enable FIPS mode in an NSS (Network Security Service) key/cert database. This happened because the NSS_Initialize() function attempted to use prelink which uses the dirsrv_t context. With this update, prelink with the dirsrv_t context is allowed to relabel its own temporary files under these circumstances and the problem no longer occurs.
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-24 16:45:53 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0338.html
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