RHBA-2012:0804 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

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 updated packages provide the following enhancements:

• The User Interface used generic searching and was not tied any workflow. With

this update, the UI has been restructured to focus on service levels. Once a
user selects a service level, the rest of the features use that service level to
simplify the workflow, making the UI more intuitive for users. (BZ#768419)

• Subscription Manager previously assumed that users requested content from the

Subscription Service only (via the redhat.repo). Users who wished to use their
own sources (and repos) had to manually disable the repo provided by
Subscription Manager. This update adds a new configuration option which disables
the creation of repo files. This option, "manage_repos=0", can be configured in
the "/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf" file. Users are now able to use subscription-manager
for subscription management only, and not use the content access features.
(BZ#767620)

• This update provides a new tool to migrate RHN Classic customers to the

certificate-based RHN: "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm". For more information on
this tool, refer to section "Migrating Systems from RHN Classic to
Certificate-based Red Hat Network" in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment
Guide. (BZ#749433)

• To register against the customer portal, users had to provide username and

password credentials, which could then be logged or kept in the history
collection and potentially cause a security issue. With the introduction of
Subscription Asset Manager, users can now use activation keys as a replacement
for username/password credentials. (BZ#782433)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated subscription-manager packages,
which resolve these issues and add these 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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 (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 - 643432 - Inconsistent behavior when importing a cert and then registering
• BZ - 656896 - libglade-WARNING in subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 656944 - IPv6 addresses are not listed in facts
• BZ - 682772 - rhsm-compliance-icon does not render for dates "Not Before" an entitlement enters its validity period
• BZ - 689608 - Return error code when auto subscribing doesn't find any subscriptions
• BZ - 719743 - No free entitlements are available for the pool with id 'abc123'
• BZ - 729988 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower' when subscription-manager register run in kickstart
• BZ - 734474 - better error message for missing enviroment on katello
• BZ - 734533 - exit code for cli subscription-manager import --certificate=FOO should be 1
• BZ - 736385 - Subscription Assistant: Subscribe button is active when there is no selected subscription.
• BZ - 736463 - subscription-manager gui Certificate column for My Installed Software could be improved
• BZ - 737841 - Rhsm prints mktime argument out of range when listing subscriptions
• BZ - 738322 - Katello returning inaccurate message via subscription-manager when user has incorrect credentials
• BZ - 741155 - the subscription coverage dates and status of a single installed product do not reflect a roll up when multiple consumed subscriptions provide this product
• BZ - 742033 - Unsubscribe button is not greyed out when nothing is selected
• BZ - 743189 - org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound : while registering rhel61 node using subscription-manager
• BZ - 743710 - Subscription manager displays incorrect status for partially subscribed subscription
• BZ - 744504 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI] facts module - Run facts update with incorrect proxy url produces traceback.
• BZ - 745563 - missing two log statements from /var/log/rhsm/rhsmcertd.log
• BZ - 752694 - [zh_CN] RHSM CLI_list module message_strings 'Arch, PoolId' are still unlocalized
• BZ - 752700 - [zh_CN] [fr_FR] RHSM CLI_orgs module message_strings 'OrgName, OrgKey' are still unlocalized.
• BZ - 754352 - [fr_FR] RHSM CLI_some module message are still unlocalized
• BZ - 754369 - [fr_FR] RHSM CLI_subscribe module message_ --pool followed by text displayed as {0}
• BZ - 761486 - "Type" should be "Both" in Subscription Assistant as "Type" shown in "All Available Subscriptions"
• BZ - 766552 - RHSM message unlocalised for Indian languages
• BZ - 766559 - unlocalised strings for subscription-manager identity
• BZ - 766778 - Max values for quantity spinbutton in subscription-manager-gui need work
• BZ - 767317 - subscription-manager register with activationkey returns Error Updating Data
• BZ - 767620 - [RFE] subscription-manager should have a option that when set prevents the download / install of "redhat.repo"
• BZ - 767790 - Error: You need to register this system by running `register` command. Try register --help.
• BZ - 768419 - [RFE] Subscription-manager UI redesign
• BZ - 769642 - confusing output from rhn-migrate-to-rhsm when autosubscribe fails
• BZ - 781510 - 'subscription-manager clean' should delete redhat.repo
• BZ - 783990 - Trace back displayed for non network host while migration.
• BZ - 789007 - Migrate with normal user (non org admin) user .
• BZ - 789008 - When providing invalid credential with rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm it throws a generic message
• BZ - 790116 - subscription-manager-migration-data package missing from rhel63 composes
• BZ - 790205 - rhel-instnum package is needed by subscription-manager-migration package in rhel63
• BZ - 795552 - invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'null'
• BZ - 795564 - need a carriage return after subscription-manager: error: no such option: --foo
• BZ - 795798 - Cannot set a service level for a consumer that is not available to its organization.
• BZ - 796730 - subscription-manager usage statement
• BZ - 796756 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm usage statement
• BZ - 797243 - manual changes to redhat.repo are too sticky
• BZ - 797294 - subscription-manager-migration is throwing a SyntaxError
• BZ - 797996 - new configuration for rhsm.manage_repos should be exposed
• BZ - 798420 - after restoring the consumer.old, list --avail gives "argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable"
• BZ - 798997 - Guest's system facts displays "virt.uuid: Unkown".
• BZ - 799271 - Usage: subscription-manager service-level [OPTIONS]
• BZ - 799316 - subscription manager uses svgs which requires a dependency on librsvg2
• BZ - 799394 - subscription-manager clean throws error when manage_repos is set to 0
• BZ - 800121 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'getCertificateSerials' when attempting to unregister
• BZ - 800917 - The Subscription Details pane on the All Available Tab should show the "Service Level" value for the selected subscription.
• BZ - 800933 - CLI subscription-manager list --available should show ServiceLevel field in the displayed results
• BZ - 800999 - Add new --servicelevel option to subscription-manager list --available
• BZ - 801513 - [hi_IN] Tag is broken on Main page (%s)
• BZ - 801517 - [ALL LANG][RHSM GUI] 'Fetching certificates' is not localized when register system with automatically subscribing to the most appropriate subscriptions .
• BZ - 801545 - CamelCase strings cause issues with the translators
• BZ - 803374 - Need at-spi locators on dynamic text fields
• BZ - 803386 - display product ID in product details pane on sm-gui and cli
• BZ - 803756 - subscription-manager service-level --list fails against older candlepin
• BZ - 803762 - subscription-manager service-level --show fails against older candlepin
• BZ - 803778 - subscription-manager modules with --servicelevel option should be ignored against older candlepin
• BZ - 804076 - subscription-manager repos --list fails against older candlepin
• BZ - 804100 - subscription-manager release --set should be blocked against older candlepins
• BZ - 804201 - SLA: moving back to the select sla firstboot screen is broken
• BZ - 804227 - Runtime Error null at org.candlepin.resource.ConsumerResource.getRelease:1,543
• BZ - 804228 - GET /subscription/consumers/UUID/release fails when restarting rhsmcertd against old candlepin
• BZ - 805024 - Dynamic dividers don't disappear when they're supposed to
• BZ - 805353 - subscription-manager list --help should use consistent wording for servicelevel option
• BZ - 805450 - subscription-manager auto subscribe (gui) displays an message saying "All installed products are covered by valid entitlements"
• BZ - 805594 - Multiple "subscribe" buttons that do different things
• BZ - 805690 - gpgcheck for repo metadata is ignored
• BZ - 805906 - Error in first-boot when subscription-manager displays message/error dialogs.
• BZ - 806457 - If yum runs with no enabled or active repo's, we delete the product cert
• BZ - 806941 - gtklib-WARNING displayed on CLI when SLA dialog is loaded
• BZ - 807022 - [ALL LANG] Translation needed for string "Product ID:"
• BZ - 807036 - Error Dialogs for Auto-subscribe should point the user to the All Available Subscriptions tab.
• BZ - 807360 - repos --list throws [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/pki/consumer/key.pem'
• BZ - 807407 - subscription-manager should NOT substitute "" for $releasever when attribute releaseVer is not set on consumer
• BZ - 807477 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm is not throwing the expected errors for some negative tests
• BZ - 807721 - upgrading subscription-manager to rhel63 does not set a default rhsm.manage_repos configuration
• BZ - 807785 - Autobind Wizard Displays "Autobind Start" Title
• BZ - 807822 - subscription-manager cannot unset the releaseVer
• BZ - 808354 - Unable to autosubscribe, server does not support service levels
• BZ - 809496 - Release version: drop-down remains disabled after subscribing to RHEL
• BZ - 809611 - expired products in installed tabs hits undefined variable
• BZ - 809989 - Update Lost Password URL in Firstboot
• BZ - 810236 - Preregistered systems don't update facts when registering later with subscription-manager
• BZ - 810290 - Next Update date makes no sense
• BZ - 810306 - Lack of Messaging for Skipping Subscription
• BZ - 810363 - Firstboot crashes when [re]registering using a bad proxy
• BZ - 810399 - Firstboot crashes when already registered to rhsm
• BZ - 811294 - [kn_IN] missing the Kannada Language rhsm.mo file
• BZ - 811337 - Firstboot: Already registered screen is presented after registering and clicking back
• BZ - 812104 - Unable to tab complete new subscription-manager modules (release and service-level)
• BZ - 812929 - Firstboot: Register with auto-subscribe for the cert 27060.pem throws error message
• BZ - 813224 - Auto subscribe in GUI is failed with dry-run error
• BZ - 815479 - /owners/<INVALID-ORG>/servicelevels response has changed
• BZ - 815563 - System preferences dialog needs new at-spi locators
• BZ - 816377 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm throws traceback when subscription-manager-migration-data is not installed
• BZ - 817117 - bash-completion of subscription-manager environments --<TAB><TAB> is not working
• BZ - 817390 - bash-completion of subscription-manager subscribe --<TAB><TAB> is not finding --servicelevel option
• BZ - 818189 - List service-level for invalid org displays “ERROR: The service-level command is not supported by the server. ”
• BZ - 818298 - subscription-manager release --list should not display releasever applicable to rhel-5 when only rhel-6 product is installed
• BZ - 818767 - man page for rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should note that additional subscription-manager-migration-data must be installed
• BZ - 819808 - [ALL_LANG] [RHSM FirstBoot] Unlocalized string 'No service levels ...' in Manual Configuration Required page when system registration without selecting 'Skip automatic subscription selection for this system'.
• BZ - 819828 - [ALL LANG][RHSM CLI] Unlocalized string 'This system does not support environments' in environments module.
• BZ - 820027 - [ALL LANG][RHSM CLI] Unlocalized string 'if supplied then list shows only ...' in list module help message
• BZ - 820030 - [ja_JP] [RHSM CLI] config module --help message some strings displayed as question mark.
• BZ - 820037 - [ja_JP] [RHSM CLI] Import module - --help message some strings displayed as question mark.
• BZ - 820040 - [ja_JP] [RHSM CLI] repos module --help message_some strings displayed as question mark.
• BZ - 820042 - [zh_CN][RHSM GUI] 'Stacking ID' unlocalized in Subscription Manager Main Page.
• BZ - 820047 - [zh_CN][RHSM CLI] Unlocalized string 'Section: Name:' in config module.
• BZ - 820080 - [en_US] [RHSM FirstBoot] Missed letter 'i' in Manual Configuration Required page.
• BZ - 820639 - subscription-manager release --list should exclude listings from disabled repos
• BZ - 820671 - glade strings on manual_subscription screen in firstboot not translated
• BZ - 820743 - some multiline strings extracted into string catalog incorrectly
• BZ - 820765 - man page for rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should note that this tool is supported for 5.8+ and 6.3+
• BZ - 821024 - Opening preferences dialog after closing with ESC fails.
• BZ - 822057 - Can't list what os release to use
• BZ - 824100 - pt_BR translations are outdated for subscription-manager

CVEs

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References

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