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Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:56:16 -0600
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Re: Why is selinux-policy in sl-fastbugs?
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On 02/21/2017 10:27 AM, Brian Lin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to the FAQ
> <https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-updates/>, the
> latest 'selinux-policy' is supposed to reside in the security repository
> but there appear to be newer versions of the package in fastbugs. This
> has caused some heartache for our users that run with fastbugs disabled.
> Why are there 'selinux-policy' packages in fastbugs and can this be fixed?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian

I believe it is because the package in fastbugs is categorized by TUV as 
a bug fix advisory and not a security advisory...

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0084.html

The changes fix brokenness, but not security vulnerabilities.

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