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Scientific Linux: SL5.x Low Severity Selinux Policy Bug Fix Update

Scientific Large Esm H446
Low: selinux-policy bug fix update
Date:         Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:15:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Low: selinux-policy on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Low: selinux-policy bug fix update
Issue date:	2009-09-02

These updated packages resolve several bugs in Security-Enhanced Linux
(SELinux) policy as shipped with Scientific Linux 5. The majority
of these bugs resulted in SELinux denying legitimate access.

The most prominent error came when tzdata was updated.

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
selinux-policy-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.src.rpm
     i386:
libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-devel-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-ruby-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.6.el5.i386.rpm
policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.6.el5.i386.rpm
policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.6.el5.i386.rpm
selinux-policy-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-devel-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-minimum-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-mls-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
     x86_64:
libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5.x86_64.rpm
libselinux-devel-1.33.4-5.5.el5.i386.rpm
libselinux-devel-1.33.4-5.5.el5.x86_64.rpm
libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.5.el5.x86_64.rpm
libselinux-ruby-1.33.4-5.5.el5.x86_64.rpm
libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.5.el5.x86_64.rpm
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.i386.rpm
libsemanage-devel-1.9.1-4.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.6.el5.x86_64.rpm
policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.6.el5.x86_64.rpm
policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.6.el5.x86_64.rpm
selinux-policy-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-devel-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-minimum-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-mls-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1.noarch.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson