RHBA-2010:0897 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated packages that address various issues are now available for Red Hat
Network Satellite.

Description

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

These updated Red Hat Network Satellite packages provide fixes for the following
bugs:

• yum repository generation would not complete for Z-stream (EUS) channels on

satellites upgraded from 520. This update resolves this issue and yum upgrades
now work without fault . (BZ#523673)

• the time needed to subscribe or unsubscribe systems from a base channel using

the System Set Manager was unexpectedly long. This update provides performance
and scalability improvements. (BZ#525588)

• selecting one or more systems on the Target Systems page for channel

subscription would result in an Internal Server Error. With this update,
subscriptions run now without fault. (BZ#559015)

• the time needed to call system.getName was unexpectedly long. With this

update, the results of the call are faster now. (BZ#575796)

• systems with auto-application of errata applied could have tried to update

before the channel repodata was generated, which resulted in the errata not
being applied. This update resolves the issue and channel repodata is generated
before updating. (BZ#576139)

• cobbler system record creation resulted in traceback and internal server

error, due to an invalid character. This update resolves the issue. (BZ#577074)

• viewing the list of all users only allowed the first page to be viewed. This

update fixes the issue in the list code and is now working correctly.
(BZ#590204)

• the api channel.software.mergeErrata() call would associate non-custom errata

to custom channels instead of cloning them. With this update, all Errata are
cloned and packages are added.(BZ#591291)

• subscribing or unsubscribing from child channels via the System Set Manager

would not update entitlement counts. This update fixes the issue and all
entitlement counts can be updated. (BZ#595473)

• the api call channel.software.mergeErrata, mergePackage, and errata.clone

allowed modification of non-custom channels. This update allows only custom
channels to be modified with those calls. (BZ#601656)

• the api calls channel.software.mergeErrata & mergePackage would not update the

outdated errata and package lists for subscribed servers. With this update, all
outdated errata and package lists are updated. (BZ#603258)

• adding errata to a custom channel with package unchecked association did not

move all packages of appropriate architectures to the destination channel. With
this update, all packages of the appropriate architectures are moved correctly.
(BZ#605383)

• the errata.listPackages() api call was very slow, much slower than previous

versions of Satellite. This update fixes the issue. (BZ#623447)

Users of Red Hat Network Satellite 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

yum upgrade

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

Affected Products

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

Fixes

• BZ - 523673 - Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-5.3.z
• BZ - 559015 - Channel -> Target Systems ISE's on submit
• BZ - 575796 - performance issue of system.get_name API call
• BZ - 577074 - Cobbler System Record Creation results in Internal Server Error (invalid character) & traceback
• BZ - 590204 - UserList.do (All Users tab) pagination bug: only sees the 1st pageful
• BZ - 591291 - Satellite 5.3: mergeErrata API call does not copy/add packages, it will also associate (instead of clone) non-custom errata to a custom channel (should not be allowed)
• BZ - 595473 - SSM Child Channels subscription not updating current members in 530
• BZ - 603258 - rhnServerNeededCache & server applicable errata/pkgs do not update when using the API (mergeErrata / mergePackage) to merge channel data
• BZ - 605383 - Adding errata to cloned/custom channel (with pkg association unchecked) does not move all needed package arches
• BZ - 623447 - Satellite 5.3: RHN API call errata.listPackages too slow (much slower than 4.2)

CVEs

(none)

References

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