Synopsis

rhn-client-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools packages that fix various bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the libraries provided by the rhn-client-tools packages
  may have occasionally failed with a traceback when the network connection was
  reset by peer. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to
  display an appropriate error message in this situation. (BZ#595837, BZ#751760)
  
• When more then one server was enabled in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
  configuration file and the first server was not available, a yum command such as
  "yum update" did not attempt to connect to the second server and kept connecting
  to the first one. This update applies a patch that corrects this error, and when
  the first server is unavailable, yum now attempts to connect to the second
  server as expected. (BZ#706148)
  
• The rhn-channel utility allows users to subscribe or unsubscribe from a
  channel on the command line. Previously, an attempt to provide both username and
  password interactively caused the authentication to fail with the "Invalid
  username/password combination" error message. This happened, because rhn-channel
  did not remove the newline character from the username. With this update, this
  error has been corrected, and the rhn-channel utility no longer fails to
  authenticate the user when correct credentials are entered interactively.
  (BZ#720966)
  
• When a user runs the rhn_register utility on a system that is already
  registered, the utility displays a warning message that the system is already
  set up for software updates. This update rephrases this warning message for
  clarity. (BZ#729467)
  
• When a user registered a system with RHN Classic immediately after its
  provisioning, the Subscription Manager incorrectly reported that the system is
  non-compliant. Consequent to this, the user had to log out and then log in to
  the system to work around this problem. With this update, when a user registers
  a system with RHN Classic, the Red Hat Network Client Tools now send a message
  to the Subscription Manager over D-Bus, resolving this issue. (BZ#744111)
  
• When using the firstboot application to register a system, "RHN Classic Mode"
  is now selected by default on the "Choose Server" screen. (BZ#773463)
  
• The underlying implementation of exception handling has been corrected.
  (BZ#681132)
  

All users of rhn-client-tools 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 - 595837 - Bug in rhnplugin.conf RHEL 5.5
• BZ - 681132 - Add/Remove Software crashes on Startup (SSL cert. verify fails in RHN)
• BZ - 751760 - "AttributeError: CommunicationError instance has no attribute 'value'" when running through stopped proxy

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
x86_64
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c
ia64
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c
i386
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
x86_64
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c
i386
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
x86_64
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c
i386
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
s390x
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
ppc
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f8073da091846fee923626d9f2c239989f7cc0e4a0a46dd1956943702d9e8190
x86_64
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c
i386
rhn-check-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cad9b8e87fe5ecbfbe74bcf4eeb5ec1805d4c9a41465771381e41fc37460b494
rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 88d933feba52ffde1ea1220b55aa1811880a0028afbb1511c492f62edb665b5e
rhn-setup-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7a1da06f4672b8abcc071f4f064a6e3975ce753fcf64a6daeef6c21b8a4d3bb4
rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20-77.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 77d61a4106abd2422485fb0d0cb5b0e705776c9f8179eb55f0f7eca522adb51c