RHBA-2012:1073 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix two bugs 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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, CLI (command-line interface) calls to

"subscription-manager release --list" were ignoring the command-line proxy
options. As a consequence, running the command with proxy configuration values
specified as arguments resulted in the proxy settings from the configuration
file being used instead of those specified on the CLI. With this update, if the
user specifies a proxy using command-line options, these values correctly
override corresponding proxy settings in the rhsm.conf file when the command is
run. (BZ#833390)

• Client ID certificates expire after one year, and previously could be

regenerated only manually by the user. With this update, the client can
automatically retrieve an updated client ID certificate from the entitlement
server if this is supported by the target instance. (BZ#834558)

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 i386
• 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386
• 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 - 833390 - subscription-manager release --list ignores command line proxy options
• BZ - 834558 - Teach rhsmcertd to refresh the identity certificate

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)