RHBA-2012:0573 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated osad, rhn-virtualization-host, rhncfg, and spacewalk-koan packages that
fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Network Tools.

Description

Red Hat Network Tools provide programs and libraries that allow your system to
use provisioning, monitoring, and configuration management capabilities provided
by Red Hat Network and Red Hat Network Satellite.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previous versions of the rhncfg utility could only run scheduled scripts from

the /tmp directory. This update adds the ability to run scripts from other
places in case the /tmp directory is mounted with the "noexec" option.
(BZ#514428)

• Previously, updating the rhn-virtualization-host package incorrectly overwrote

any custom run-level configurations that had been set with the chkconfig
utility. This update still exhibits this problem, but ensures that future
updates will not overwrite custom configurations. (BZ#646284)

• When a Red Hat Network Satellite server was restarted (for example, by running

the "rhn-satellite restart" command), the previous version of the osad agent
stopped picking up actions properly. With this update, when the Red Hat Network
Satellite server is restarted, osad connects to the restarted server as
expected. (BZ#664491)

• Previously, an attempt to use the rhncfg utility to manage configuration of

symbolic links failed with an error after the first time the changes were
deployed. This update ensures that rhncfg handles symbolic links properly and no
longer fails with an error in this scenario. (BZ#747132)

• Prior to this update, an attempt to kickstart a system with file preservation

enabled could fail with an "Error creating the new RAM disk" message. This
update ensures that the RAM disk can be created as expected. (BZ#796466)

• When the previous version of the osad service was unable to contact the

server, it created a log file that was readable by everyone. This was not
appropriate, because this file may contain the osad password. This update
ensures that when this log file is created, it is readable only by the root
user. (BZ#818328)

All users of Red Hat Network 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/knowledge/articles/11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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