RHBA-2011:0565 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages that fix several bugs and
add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages provide programs and libraries
that allow a system to receive software updates from Red Hat Network (RHN) and
Red Hat Network Satellite.

These updated rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages include numerous bug
fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this
advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Technical Notes
for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html#RHBA-2011-0565

All users of rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 596108 - Do not allow user to register twice (or warn them)
• BZ - 602609 - GUI rhn_register - DeprecationWarning: use set_markup() instead self.dialog.label.set_line_wrap(False)
• BZ - 606222 - Keyboard navigation broken on rhn view
• BZ - 617066 - [ml_IN] buttons at the bottom of software update screen is getting cut for Malayalam when resolution is lower (using vesa driver)
• BZ - 621138 - rhn-client-tools does not count CPUs on s390
• BZ - 625791 - networkRetries = nonsense runs unlimited, set some default
• BZ - 626739 - Include support for Satellite 5.4.0 Maintenance Window / Staged Deployment feature
• BZ - 626752 - guest virtualization type detection during registration is flawed
• BZ - 627525 - yum-rhn-plugin makes impossible to use yum-plugin-tsflags
• BZ - 630575 - [or_IN][Shortcut-Key][Firstboot] - No Shortcut key found for RHN No Thanks Button
• BZ - 632282 - rhn_register GUI ignores "hostedWhitelist=" setting
• BZ - 634835 - [ru_RU] Tag are there in Firstboot, while those should not be
• BZ - 638982 - error sending hardware profile when non-xmlrpc-compliant chars are returned by dmidecode
• BZ - 649233 - RHN client tools: rhn_register shows busy cursor after clicking back
• BZ - 651403 - Registration Wizard references RHEL 5 on RHEL 6 systems
• BZ - 651777 - missing man page for rhn-channel utility
• BZ - 651789 - rhn-channel should report error when adding/removing wrong channel
• BZ - 651792 - rhn-channel: RFE: list all available channels related to my system.
• BZ - 651857 - rhn-channel: tracebacks at various options combination
• BZ - 652424 - useNoSSLForPackages fails
• BZ - 656380 - yum-rhn-plugin: do not disable SSL server name check for XMLRPC communication
• BZ - 666463 - [RHEL 6] rhnplugin does not respect metadata_expire setting
• BZ - 666545 - [RHEL 6] rhn_check incorrectly reports success when packages weren't found due to out-of-date yum cache
• BZ - 666860 - firstboot attempts to register with RHN after selecting entitlement system
• BZ - 667739 - use accessibility tags in glade files to increase usability by 'assistive technologies'
• BZ - 679217 - firstboot panel "Finish Updates Setup" message is incomplete for
• BZ - 680124 - s390x /proc/cpuinfo returns wrong number of processors on RHEL6
• BZ - 684245 - When running with non-English locales, selection of subscription-manager in firstboot fails
• BZ - 684248 - Firstboot rhn-setup-gnome pages are not localized
• BZ - 688870 - yum fails when rhnplugin.repos contain name of channel that is not present
• BZ - 690234 - Command "yum groupinstall" fails
• BZ - 691188 - [abrt] yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1: rhnserver.py:64:__call__:SSLCertificateVerifyFailedError: The SSL certificate failed verification.
• BZ - 697835 - LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8 rhnreg_ks --help causes traceback

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html#RHBA-2011-0565