RHBA-2012:0148 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix three bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The subscription-manager package provides programs and libraries to allow users
to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat Entitlement
platform.

This update fixes the following bug:

• On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, subscription management does not support

software channels for 64-bit PowerPC architectures. Therefore, the
"install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility did not work on these architectures, and
users were not able to migrate their systems to the Certificate-based Red Hat
Network (RHN). With this update, the "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility has
been modified to use the supported PowerPC product certificates instead. Systems
installed on 64-bit PowerPC architectures can now be migrated properly from
Classic RHN to Certificate-based RHN. (BZ#788661)

• Previously, the "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm" utility did not correctly handle

a situation when a Red Hat Network (RHN) software channel supported more than
one product. Consequently, the utility installed superfluous product
certificates when client systems were subscribed to particular RHN channels.
This update corrects "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm" so that only the proper
product certificate is now installed under these circumstances.
(BZ#788665)

• Previously, the "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility did not work correctly

for certain products. Consequently, the utility installed also a superfluous
Desktop product certificate when the system was provided with an installation
number for a Workstation product and vice versa. With this update,
"install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" has been fixed and only the correct product
certificate is now installed under these circumstances. (BZ#790437)

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix these bugs.

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 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 - 788661 - ?Install-num-migrate-to-rhsm ? command not working as expected for ppc64 box
• BZ - 790437 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm should NOT copy both Desktop (68.pem) and Workstation (71.pem) product certs

CVEs

(none)

References

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