RHBA-2011:0323 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated Red Hat Network Tools packages, including rhncfg, rhn-virtualization,
rhnpush and koan, that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now
available.

Description

Red Hat Network Tools provide programs and libraries that allow your system to
use provisioning, monitoring and configuration management capabilities provided
by Red Hat Network and Red Hat Network Satellite.

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

• Previously, a para-virtualized Xen guest provisioned from RHN Satellite was

created using an incorrect driver type in situations where the guest was using a
file as a disk image. Para-virtualized guests are now configured to use the
tap:aio driver in problematic situations, which resolves this issue. (BZ#610174)

• Attempting to compare two files using the "rhncfg-manager diff" command could

have failed with an error message similar to the following:

Cannot diff [file]; the file on the system is not a symbolic link
while the file in the channel is.

Diffing files with the "rhncfg-manager diff" command works as expected with this
update. (BZ#628920)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 clients and clients with SELinux disabled no longer

clear SELinux flags from configuration channels when uploading a new version of
a file. (BZ#644985)

• Pushing a package to RHN Satellite version 5.3 or older with a recent version

of "rhnpush" caused a traceback due to an RPC call only supported in RHN
Satellite 5.4 or later. With this update, this RPC call is made only if RHN
Satellite supports it. (BZ#648403)

• The rhn-virtualization tool now requires libvirt as a dependency. (BZ#656241)
• If the libvirtd service was not running, the rhnreg_ks utility failed with a

traceback. With this update, rhnreg_ks displays a warning message if libvirtd is
not running. (BZ#657516)

• Previously, running the "koan" command on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system

could have caused it to fail with a traceback when the "--system" option was not
specified. The koan utility is now able to detect the provisioned system
automatically. (BZ#660673)

• The "rhncfg-client get --topdir" command could have created directories and

symbolic links exterior to the top directory; this does not occur with this
update. (BZ#664677)

• Running a recent version of the "rhncfg verify" command against an older RHN

Satellite could have failed with a traceback due to an coding error. With this
update, a minimal value is supplied such that the command no longer fails. (BZ
#675164)

• Adding a file which did not posses an SELinux context could have failed with a

traceback. This no longer occurs with this update. (BZ#676317)

• The spacewalk-backend package in RHN Satellite 5.4 requires exactly same

version of the spacewalk-backend-libs package. This update fixes a problem that
occurred if the spacewalk-backend package installed on the system was older than
the spacewalk-backend-libs package, which could have caused an inability to
upgrade to RHN Satellite 5.4. With this update, it is now possible to still
upgrade to RHN Satellite 5.4 even in the event of a package mismatch.
(BZ#677549)

In addition, these updated packages provide the following enhancements:

• The command "rhncfg-client elist" now displays information on symbolic links.

(BZ#628846)

• With this update, running "rhncfg-manager diff-revisions -c [config-channel]
• r1 -r2 [config-file]" now displays SELinux context information in the diff

header, even if the two revisions are identical, but differ only in their
SELinux context. (BZ#634963)

• With this update, running the "rhncfg-manager download-channel" command now

deploys the correct SELinux context. (BZ#637833)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated Red Hat Network Tools packages,
which resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 628846 - 'rhncfg-client elist' cannot deal with symlinks same info as files or dirs
• BZ - 628920 - rhncfg-manager diff - fails to compare two files.
• BZ - 634963 - rhncfg-manager does not indicate change of selinux context between two revisions
• BZ - 637833 - 'rhncfg-manager download-channel' does not deploy selinux context
• BZ - 644985 - SELinux context cleared from RHEL4 rhncfg-client
• BZ - 648403 - Pushing to Sat530 with newest rhnpush makes RHN traceback
• BZ - 656241 - libvirt is not in dependency of rhn-virtualization
• BZ - 657516 - rhnreg_ks fails when libvirtd daemon is stoped.
• BZ - 660673 - koan requires rhpl to autodetect system
• BZ - 664677 - rhncfg-client get --topdir creates directories and links outside of topdir
• BZ - 675164 - 'rhncfg-client verify' prints traceback against older satellite
• BZ - 676317 - rhncfg-manager unable to upload file without SELinux context
• BZ - 677549 - rhnpush dependency spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-30 breaks dependency during upgrade from sat5.3 to sat5.4

CVEs

(none)

References

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