RHBA-2010:0028 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated Red Hat Network Satellite packages that address issues with clients
receiving updates and fix various bugs are now available.

Description

Red Hat Network Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based
infrastructures. It allows for the provisioning, remote management and
monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

• Updating a system fails if registered with an activation key associated

with a de-activated user (BZ 528833).

• Using the --start-date and --end-date options of rhn-satellite-exporter

would result in a "channel not found" error. (BZ 541078)

• A backend API call (up2date.subscribeChannels) was not authenticating

properly. (BZ 540544)

Red Hat Network Satellite users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

or, for RHEL 5:

yum update

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

After installing the needed packages you will need to run:

rhn-satellite restart

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle 5.3 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 540544 - backend API call up2date.subscribeChannels do not authenticate properly
• BZ - 541078 - Satellite 5.3.0 - rhn-satellite-exporter --start-date and --end-date issues

CVEs

(none)

References

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