RHBA-2010:0270 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools packages that fix several bugs and add
enhancements are now available.

Description

Red Hat Network Client Tools provide programs and libraries that allow your
system to receive software updates from Red Hat Network (RHN).

This update fixes several bugs and implements new features:

• support for subscribing to a RHN and RHN Satellite channels using

a command line tool. (BZ#216808)

• fix for a problem where a package profile uploaded to RHN or RHN

Satellite during system registration was incomplete. (BZ #489901,
BZ#509265,BZ#510798, BZ#514625)

• require recent version of hal to be able to properly retrieve all

dmi related information during system registration. (BZ#494679)

• fix for a problem where dbus and hal services were not running

at the end of new system provisioning making it impossible for
system registration to RHN or RHN Satellite. Without these services
running, registration code was unable to correctly detect a virtualization
guest, resulting in the provisioned virtualized system consuming a
physical system entitlement. The fix for the problem contains a new
method of detecting a virtualizaton guest when dbus and hal services
are not running. (BZ#495680)

• do not limit the output from rhnreg_ks utility only to a console. This

makes it possible for redirection of the output from rhnreg_ks to
a file or a pipe. (BZ#503146)

• fix typo error in up2date manual page. (BZ#510014)
• in network setups where the system is getting a hostname from a DHCP

server even though its hostname does not have a valid DNS record, register
the system with its hostname. (BZ#511273)

• when registering system to RHN or RHN Satellite using firstboot

interface, correctly populate configuration values in
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date. (BZ#513660)

• remove unnecessary text window displayed during registration of system.

(BZ#516207)

• when registering a system using network bonding setup, report real

hardware addresses of all network interfaces involved in a network
bond. (BZ#517945)

• fix headers of python executable files to comply with Fedora packaging

guidelines. (BZ#521281)

• revised logic of the networkRetries configuration option. Setting the

option to '0' will have the same effect as setting to '1'. (BZ#526450)

• support for package installation date displayed in RHN Satellite web

user interface. This feature also requires server-side support.
(BZ#530369)

• fixed traceback occurring during GUI based system registration executed

from firstboot environment. (BZ#530659)

• include the new Red Hat Network Certificate Authority file (BZ#566479)

All users of rhn-client-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 216808 - RFE: Subscribe to channels via yum/rhn-plugin command
• BZ - 489901 - comparing to the profile shows too much differences
• BZ - 503146 - Code in /usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateLog.py makes it hard to redirect output of rhn_check
• BZ - 509265 - rhel 5.4 beta 7/1 build, rhnreg_ks not updating package profile successfully
• BZ - 510014 - typo error in up2date man page
• BZ - 510798 - package sync fails after kickstart
• BZ - 513660 - No configure file created when subscribing to satellite server
• BZ - 516207 - Empty whyRegisterWindow on a background
• BZ - 521281 - Fix instances of #!/usr/bin/env python in rhn-client-tools
• BZ - 526450 - networkRetries option 0 and 5 does not work
• BZ - 530369 - [Feature Request] rpm installation date
• BZ - 530659 - rhnregGui.py Line 949 in populateProfile: local variable 'ipaddr' referenced before assignment
• BZ - 557370 - unwanted message in 'rhnreg_ks', 'rhn_register' and 'rhn-profile-sync' and 'rhn_check'
• BZ - 558447 - rhn_register fails registration to RHN
• BZ - 561485 - rhnreg_ks on ia64, Wrong DMI structures length: 4760 bytes announced
• BZ - 566479 - RHNS-CA-CERT must contain a certificate valid after 2013

CVEs

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References

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