RHBA-2012:0154 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix multiple bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Subscription Manager tool allows users to understand the specific products
which have been installed on their machines, and the specific subscriptions
which their machines are consuming.

These subscription-manager 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 5.8 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager.html#RHBA-2012-0154

All users of subscription-manager 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 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 - 699970 - Translations for subscription-manager 5.7 release need to be complete.
• BZ - 705883 - doubly nested dialogs loose focus
• BZ - 706151 - Contains text field gets truncated in small windows
• BZ - 708362 - Serial-key.pem is not getting removed after product unsubscribe .
• BZ - 715174 - [ALL_LANG] Subscription Manager Firstboot GUI translation is not complete
• BZ - 723248 - subscription-manager-gui is ignoring the quanties>1 on a pool with multi-entitlement
• BZ - 727973 - Compliance Assistant Subscription Details Area Not Getting Cleared
• BZ - 728380 - subscription-manager environments is not honoring the proxy command line options
• BZ - 732509 - Can not import a certificate via the cli
• BZ - 734114 - register with --org="foo bar" throws a NetworkException instead of a RestlibException
• BZ - 734480 - [RFE] Add virt-who package to RHEVH
• BZ - 736465 - "Product's Subscription Details" in the gui is neglecting stacked subscriptions
• BZ - 736749 - may need a dbus-x11 package dependency for subscription-manager-gnome
• BZ - 740377 - Stacking Partially Compliant / Yellow State is Broken
• BZ - 740788 - Getting error with quantity subscribe using subscription-assistance page .
• BZ - 744060 - autosubscribe is reporting the product certs' version instead of status in the rhsm.log
• BZ - 745973 - Subscription Assistant shows nothing when it should
• BZ - 745995 - Subscription Assistant Quantity 0 If Future Entitled
• BZ - 746259 - Got ?Insufficient permissions? while register activationkey with ? =?
• BZ - 746262 - Got Network error while subscribe quantity ?+2?
• BZ - 746264 - ?exception caught in subscription-manager? while using config remove
• BZ - 746732 - [or_IN][ja_JP][ko_KR] Next Update: value is not translated
• BZ - 746781 - [ALL LANG] Column heading "Type" is not translated.
• BZ - 749332 - subscription-manager returns different error messages for same issue
• BZ - 749636 - subscription-manager register fails with consumerid and activationkey specified
• BZ - 752423 - subscription-manager-gui fails to launch
• BZ - 752572 - rhsmcertd logging statements for certFrequency and healFrequency got clobbered
• BZ - 752852 - not all arguments converted during string formatting
• BZ - 752854 - ValueError: too many values to unpack
• BZ - 753941 - accessibility cannot access checkboxes in proxy config
• BZ - 754366 - Registration using proxy option is failed with error "int argument required"
• BZ - 754425 - Remove flex expiry code from client side
• BZ - 754821 - default org name in factsgui.py is not marked for translation
• BZ - 755130 - The REGISTERED_TO_OTHER_WARNING branding message was changed
• BZ - 755541 - 'yum repolist' echo 'Unable to find consumer: ****'
• BZ - 755861 - SM GUI : Not able to change quantity for multi entitlement subscription.
• BZ - 756173 - unexpected behavior change in subscription-manager unregister
• BZ - 756507 - unsupported locale setting causes subscription-manager-gui to traceback on startup on rhel 5.8
• BZ - 758038 - Guest's system facts displays "virt.uuid: Unkown".
• BZ - 758162 - migration script does not allow --force override when channels are missing from mapping file
• BZ - 758471 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm throws traceback when no instnum is found
• BZ - 759069 - Got traceback while migration with -c option
• BZ - 759199 - rhsmcertd is logging the wrong value for certFrequency
• BZ - 760017 - Traceback displayed while migration with invalid ?installation number?
• BZ - 761133 - Subscription Assistant dialog neglects to assist compliance of Partially Subscribed products.
• BZ - 761140 - subscription manager toolbar gets truncated in firstboot
• BZ - 761478 - system.entitlements_valid should be valid when viewing facts via GUI after subscribing a subscription
• BZ - 765905 - add man pages for subscription-manager-migration
• BZ - 766895 - Addition of hypervisorCheckIn call
• BZ - 767265 - 'subscription-manager register' does not re-send installed packages
• BZ - 768397 - subscription-manager facts --list fails when virt-what is not installed
• BZ - 768415 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm extra channel enabling does not work on non x86_64 arches
• BZ - 769433 - [ALL LANG] panel headings are not translated in firstboot
• BZ - 769856 - confusing output from rhn-migrate-to-rhsm when autosubscribe fails
• BZ - 771726 - man page for rhsm-compliance-icon should be re-authored to rhsm-icon
• BZ - 772209 - ?Install-num-migrate-to-rhsm ? command not working as expected for I386 Box
• BZ - 772338 - subscription-manager-gui Help documentation needs a review
• BZ - 772921 - RHSM notification icon failure - closes subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 782549 - traceback can occur starting subscription-manager-gui with expired entitlements

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager.html#RHBA-2012-0154