RHBA-2011:1598 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated abrt and libreport packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The abrt packages contain the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) version 2. In
comparison with ABRT version 1, this version provides more flexible
configuration, which covers a variety of customer use cases that the previous
version was unable to cover. It also moves a lot of data processing from the
daemon to separate tools that run without root privileges, which makes the
daemon less error prone and the whole processing more secure.

Note: This update obsoletes the former report tool and replaces the report
library to unify the reporting process in all Red Hat applications (Anaconda,
setroubleshoot, ABRT).

The most interesting feature for end-users is the problem solution searching:
when ABRT is configured to report to the Red Hat Customer Portal, it tries to
search Red Hat problem databases (such as Knowledge Base or Bugzilla) for
possible solutions and refers the user to these resources if the solution is
found.

As well, this update fixes the following bugs:

• The abrt-gui application used to list plug-ins multiple times if they were

configured in the configuration file. This is now fixed. (BZ#610603)

• In the previous version of ABRT, a daemon restart was required for any changes

in the configuration to take effect. In the new version, most of the options in
the configuration file no longer require a restart. (BZ#627621)

• Support for retrace server has been added. Refer to

https://fedorahosted.org/abrt/wiki/AbrtRetraceServer for more information about
this new feature. (BZ#653872)

• By default, ABRT stores all problem information in the /var/spool/abrt/

directory. Previously, this path was hard coded and could not be changed in the
configuration. With this update, this path can be changed in the
/etc/abrt/abrt.conf configuration file. (BZ#671354)

• The previous documentation failed to cover some customer use cases. This error

has been fixed, and all of these use cases are now covered in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment Guide. (BZ#671359)

• In ABRT version 1, it was not possible to use wildcards to specify that some

action should happen for any user. ABRT version 2 adds support for this
functionality. (BZ#673173)

• The lacking information about configuring a proxy has been added to the Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment Guide. (BZ#695416)

• Previously, a bug in ABRT version 1 was preventing a local Python build to

finish. This is now fixed. (BZ#707950)

• The previous report tool and report library have been obsoleted by abrt and

libreport. Users can notice the change in the problem reporting user interface
of Anaconda, setroubleshoot, and ABRT. (BZ#725660)

All users of ABRT are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 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 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 - 610603 - abrt-gui wizard should not list plug-in twice if is in abrt.conf twice too
• BZ - 627621 - if you edit a plugin's config file, the changes are not picked up by abrt-gui
• BZ - 679395 - Wrong settings were detected for plugin RHTSupport
• BZ - 695416 - missing http_proxy howto
• BZ - 697494 - Rebase to ABRT2
• BZ - 700942 - remove FileTransfer plugin
• BZ - 705768 - Enable third-party ABRT event scripts in SELinux policy
• BZ - 707950 - abrt breaks python rpm packaging process
• BZ - 714045 - New package: libreport
• BZ - 725660 - obsolete report tool from report package
• BZ - 725770 - fix desktop file
• BZ - 725857 - reinstate getVersion_fromProduct and getProduct_fromPRODUCT in python bindings
• BZ - 725858 - suppress keyring warning
• BZ - 726097 - `report-cli --delete $DIR' won't remove dump dir
• BZ - 726116 - Lost ability to report to bugzilla
• BZ - 726121 - Excessive writing to /var/log/messages
• BZ - 726122 - Can't open file '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-1310991931-5029/uuid': No such file or directory
• BZ - 727243 - attach content of exnFileName in createPythonUnhandledExceptionSignature
• BZ - 727457 - Don't build sub-packages you do not intend to ship
• BZ - 727569 - abrt-server and abrt-install-ccpp-hook do not have a manpages
• BZ - 727619 - Problems reported by abrt v1 are now seen as unreported
• BZ - 728132 - "Provide additional information" text array should wrap the text not enlarge the window
• BZ - 728166 - GUI confused when DumpLocation = /selinux
• BZ - 728190 - man pages contain suspicious version string
• BZ - 728479 - can't edit/view the longer files
• BZ - 729566 - Anaconda cannot report crashes in text mode in due to missing report-cli
• BZ - 729686 - Making check in po: *** No rule to make target `../src/plugins/abrt-action-kerneloops.c', needed by `abrt.pot'
• BZ - 729957 - Missing man pages of report and report.conf
• BZ - 730942 - report-cli may crash if no configuration file is found for a reporter
• BZ - 731389 - libreport doesn't attach /tmp/anaconda-tb-* ExnFile
• BZ - 731947 - [abrt] update translation
• BZ - 733975 - abrtd daemon need "messagebus" daemon, please update "Required-Start" section of /etc/init.d/abrtd
• BZ - 734789 - wizard page title are not translatable
• BZ - 735942 - NULL variable dereferencing
• BZ - 739562 - abrt-cli prints help text even when the options are correct
• BZ - 739936 - disable bugzilla plugin in anaconda for Gold release
• BZ - 742474 - abrt-cli uses wrong return codes
• BZ - 744783 - ABRT help points to Fedora documentation
• BZ - 744784 - Typo in /etc/libreport/events.d/ccpp_event.conf

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html