RHBA-2013:0033 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix numerous 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 updated 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 5.9 Technical Notes for
information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.9_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager.html#RHBA-2013-0033

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and add various 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 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 - 714842 - CLI register module produces trace back
• BZ - 715147 - activate module help message shows garbage characters.
• BZ - 741293 - gpgkey field of repo files incorrect (on rhsm client machines)
• BZ - 752316 - [ja_JP] [RHSM CLI] repos module --help message_some strings displayed as question mark.
• BZ - 753083 - Registration window displays previous user's credential
• BZ - 756397 - [as_IN] subscription-manager --help in as_IN is throwing unsupported locale setting error
• BZ - 756403 - [de_DE] Incomplete translation of strings in German
• BZ - 756407 - [es_ES] incomplete translation of string in Spanish
• BZ - 771751 - python optparse is splitting multi byte characters in the icorrect location
• BZ - 771756 - rhsm-icon --help usage message is misleading
• BZ - 772161 - Virt-who can't send the HOST/GUEST info to SAM after host re-registering to SAM.
• BZ - 772919 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM GUI] Subscription Manager main window exit automatically when clicking 'Manage My Subscriptions...' button on the 'Invalid or Missing Entitlement Certificates' alert message dialog box.
• BZ - 772929 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM GUI] Unexpected blank "" window pop-up when clicking on the top right of desktop "Invalid or Missing Entitlement Certificates' alert icon button.
• BZ - 773174 - [ja_JP] [RHSM GUI] Japanese SCIM IME can not be activated and can not input locale string in date field for no-root user.
• BZ - 773214 - [ja_JP] [fr_FR] [RHSM FirstBoot] Truncation in Subscription Manager Main Page
• BZ - 773231 - Unsubscribe button is not greyed out when nothing is selected
• BZ - 773527 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI] redeem module Error message "'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position.." .
• BZ - 773539 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI] orgs module with wrong username or password produces traceback : "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position..".
• BZ - 781266 - [ALL LANG][RHSM GUI] 'Fetching certificates' is not localized when register system with automatically subscribing to the most appropriate subscriptions .
• BZ - 781924 - [hi_IN] Tag is broken on Main page (%s)
• BZ - 785203 - Add Close button to GUI
• BZ - 786450 - ?Install-num-migrate-to-rhsm ? command not working as expected for ppc64 box
• BZ - 789182 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI] identity --regenerate module with wrong username or password produces traceback : "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position..".
• BZ - 789221 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI]config module_ config Server port with balnk or incorrect text produces traceback.
• BZ - 789231 - [ALL LANG] [RHSM CLI] run orgs module many times on the registered system produces traceback : "AttributeError: RemoteServerException instance has no attribute 'args'.".
• BZ - 790217 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm should NOT copy both Desktop (68.pem) and Workstation (71.pem) product certs
• BZ - 790579 - Missing translations in install-num-migrate-to-rhsm
• BZ - 790938 - [RFE] Subscription-manager UI redesign
• BZ - 790954 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm throws traceback when servers are unavailable
• BZ - 801187 - collapse list of provided products for subscription-manager list --consumed
• BZ - 804109 - When providing invalid credential with rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm it throws a generic message
• BZ - 806986 - Subscription-Manager should refer to subscription name and product name
• BZ - 806993 - use of http:///some.host.name:port will confuse the subscription manger gui
• BZ - 807722 - [RFE] Subscription Manager UXD Improvements based on customer Feedback
• BZ - 810352 - Entitlement Platform Registration Layout
• BZ - 810360 - Red Hat Network Account Wording
• BZ - 810369 - Entitlement Platform Registration Renaming
• BZ - 810998 - RFE: Advanced Network Configuration Dialog Improvements
• BZ - 811340 - Select First Product in My Installed Software table by Default
• BZ - 811553 - Improve wording on 'Skip automatic subscription...' checkbox
• BZ - 811591 - service-levels command does not use the same error string as the other commands
• BZ - 811593 - Feedback when not providing options is not consistent
• BZ - 811594 - [RFE] facts command should default to list
• BZ - 811602 - [RFE] Help improvement comments from UXD
• BZ - 812153 - release command should have a --show option which is the default
• BZ - 812373 - Terminology Change to Subscription-Manager list --installed & --consumed
• BZ - 812388 - Subscription-manager unsubscribe CLI feedback
• BZ - 812410 - Subscription-manager subscribe CLI feedback
• BZ - 812897 - Error Messaging: Inconsistent casing in CLI
• BZ - 812903 - Autosubscribe is not working for newly added product cert after Register .
• BZ - 813336 - [RFE] Change Filtering Options to a Dialog
• BZ - 814731 - [RFE] Replace Toolbar Buttons with Menu Structure
• BZ - 817901 - [RFE] Update Default Filters in All Available Subscriptions Tab
• BZ - 817938 - [RFE] Allow Columns in Tables to be Sortable
• BZ - 818205 - [RFE] Release ?set command should accept values only from release list.
• BZ - 818238 - Update Window Title for Downloading Subscription Information
• BZ - 818282 - [RFE] Alter List Order of Contract Selector
• BZ - 818338 - Terminology Change: Virtual Only -> Type
• BZ - 818339 - Terminology Change: Account Number -> Account
• BZ - 818340 - Terminology Change: Bundled Products -> Products
• BZ - 818355 - Terminology Change: Contract Number -> Contract
• BZ - 818397 - [RFE] Please rename subscription-manager-gnome to subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 819665 - Add a status check api to tell a user where they are registered (Classic v. Cert-based)
• BZ - 820294 - rhsm knows what org i want to register until i specify the environment
• BZ - 820657 - Subscription Manager String Update - "comand."
• BZ - 821065 - RFE: Progress spinner during GUI SLA autobind.
• BZ - 821544 - Remove the stacking id from the Subscription Manager GUI
• BZ - 822706 - [RFE] Allow Auto-subscribe Button to Register System When Relevant
• BZ - 823608 - Rename My Installed Software to My Installed Products - String Update
• BZ - 823659 - Update SLA text in Settings to Service Level
• BZ - 824333 - Cli register using ?serverurl option displays 'tuple' object has no attribute 'port'
• BZ - 824424 - Displaying Online documentation is getting failed with error ?AttributeError: addinfourl instance has no attribute 'getcode'?
• BZ - 824680 - rhsmcertd init script status return 0 if the service is stopped
• BZ - 824979 - No message for "subscription-manager release --list" with no subscriptions
• BZ - 825286 - subscription-manager service-level --show
• BZ - 825309 - My Installed Software Tab - Move Arch out of table to Product's Subscription Details
• BZ - 825737 - Service-level set should configure proper value for GUI.
• BZ - 825923 - subscription-manager service-level set should say "service level set to:"
• BZ - 825952 - after deleting the consumer, subscription-manager identity throws error "super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj"
• BZ - 826729 - My Installed Software Tab - Move Cert Status up to top of Product's Subscription Details
• BZ - 826735 - My Subscriptions Tab - Combine Date Fields in Subscription Details Pane
• BZ - 826739 - My Subscriptions Tab - Combine Service Level and Service Type Fields in Subscription Details Pane
• BZ - 826856 - subscription-manager service-level --org=admin should say ""Error: --org is only applicable with --list"
• BZ - 826874 - libglade warning while launching subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 827034 - Teach rhsmcertd to refresh the identity certificate
• BZ - 827208 - [or] failed pofilter xmltags tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 827214 - [ta_IN] failed pofilter xmltags tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 827553 - My Subscriptions Tab - Move Service Level & Service Type up higher in the Subscription Details table for greater visibility
• BZ - 828583 - [ko] failed pofilter filepathss tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828810 - [kn] failed pofilter varialbes tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828816 - [es_ES] failed pofilter varialbes tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828867 - [te] failed pofilter varialbes tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828903 - [bn_IN] failed pofilter options tests for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828954 - [ta_IN] failed pofilter options test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828958 - [pt_BR] failed pofilter options test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828969 - [te] failed pofilter options test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 828985 - [ml] failed pofilter urls test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 828989 - [pt_BR] failed pofilter urls test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 829466 - Cannot register in subscription-manager-gui using on-site Subscription Service
• BZ - 829471 - [ta_IN] failed pofilter unchanged optioon test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 829476 - [ml] failed pofilter unchanged option test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 829482 - [zh_TW] failed pofilter unchanged option test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 829486 - [fr] failed pofilter unchanged options test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 829491 - [it] failed pofilter unchanged option test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 829495 - [pa] failed pofilter unchanged option test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 829803 - [RFE] Add Explicit Unset Command & Unique String to service-level Module
• BZ - 829812 - [RFE] Add Explicit Unset Command & Unique String to release Module
• BZ - 829825 - [RFE] Improve the Highlight Used in My Subscriptions Tab
• BZ - 829898 - Migration tool option text change
• BZ - 829900 - About box and login screen should use the term Subscription Management Service
• BZ - 830193 - Improve yum plugin output across RHN and Subscription Management
• BZ - 830949 - system registration server selection dialog is missing at-spi locators
• BZ - 832111 - some multiline strings extracted into string catalog incorrectly
• BZ - 832116 - pt_BR translations are outdated for subscription-manager
• BZ - 832118 - Can't list what os release to use
• BZ - 832119 - Yum Plugin usability Improvements
• BZ - 832400 - service-level ?unset should display proper message for unregistered client.
• BZ - 833146 - subscription-manager release --list ignores command line proxy options
• BZ - 833148 - [ja_JP] [RHSM Firstboot] Subscription list is blank in Confirm Subscriptions page of Firstboot
• BZ - 833319 - message for service-level option in subscription-manager register --help option should be modified
• BZ - 833448 - [ALL LANG] Subscription manager GUI : "My Installed Products" tab and "System" window tab and contents not localised
• BZ - 833461 - [ALL LANG] Subscription manager GUI : Alert message not translated
• BZ - 833469 - [ALL LANG] Subscription manager GUI : Registration Screen Not translated
• BZ - 833473 - [ALL LANG] Subscription manager GUI : Registration Screen Enter Info screen not localised
• BZ - 834398 - Subscription Manager GUI : In first boot, at subscription registration page enter invalid credentials on clicking back button it displays an error message and gets stuck on Subscription Registration Progress page
• BZ - 835081 - Migration from RHN to RHSM with valid credentials throws an "invalid exception" in rhsm.log
• BZ - 836894 - "subscription-manager repos --enable= " displays list known repos for the system
• BZ - 836932 - "subscription-manager service-level --set= " displays Service level set to: Service level preference not set
• BZ - 836933 - subscription-manager service-level --set=" " sets the service-level to null
• BZ - 837036 - Error: --org is only supported with the --list command
• BZ - 837038 - Yum Plugin usability Message : Grammatical Errors
• BZ - 837106 - Need to change at-spi locator for register button
• BZ - 837132 - Yum Plugin usability Improvements message
• BZ - 837280 - Proxy Test connection should failed for invalid protocol.
• BZ - 837447 - subscription-manager repos --list regression when not registered
• BZ - 837897 - Terminology Change: Service Level Agreement -> Service Level (Subscribe System Dialog)
• BZ - 837937 - Product subscription details do not get refreshed
• BZ - 838113 - subscription-manager unregister leaves redhat.repo dirty which causes yum repolist traceback
• BZ - 838123 - system fact net.interface.sit0.mac_address appears unstable and facts --update doesn't seem to load the current system value.
• BZ - 838146 - subscription-manager CLI tool does not allow unsubscribe when not registered
• BZ - 838157 - [or_IN][subscription-manager][RHEL5.9] - Click on "All available Subscription" tab and "update" an error is thrown
• BZ - 838187 - some subscription-manager modules fail after consumer has been deleted server side
• BZ - 838242 - subscription-manager CLI calls using a basic auth proxy are failing
• BZ - 838891 - Avail list displays ?Error updating system data? for deleted consumer id.
• BZ - 838942 - Make cli and gui check for releasever support in the same way
• BZ - 839760 - Update text in Settings dialog
• BZ - 839807 - duplicate translations for the word "usage" in the output from subscription-manager register --help
• BZ - 839887 - Got generic message ?Error updating system data? for non network host.
• BZ - 840152 - man page for rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm needs changes for rhel59
• BZ - 840169 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm appears to autosubscribe before considering the requested --servicelevel option
• BZ - 840599 - subscription-manager getting started manual needs updates for rhel59
• BZ - 840637 - Exception raised when registering/auto-subscribing when there are no service levels that cover all installed products
• BZ - 840644 - [OPTIONS] in Subscription-manager --help not translated
• BZ - 841011 - [kn_IN] Repetition of words in the translated string
• BZ - 841375 - Subscription manager does not see any products.
• BZ - 841396 - Select First Subscription in My Subscriptions table by Default
• BZ - 841961 - rhsm-migrate-classic-to-rhsm --servicelevel should be case insensitive
• BZ - 842020 - what is rhsmcertd --help-rhsmcertd?
• BZ - 842170 - list --consumed should not substitute "None" for null support level and type
• BZ - 842768 - subscription-manager options --baseurl and --serverurl should be restricted to the register module
• BZ - 842845 - parsing a non-numeric port number from the --baseurl option
• BZ - 842898 - [it] failed pofilter options option test for subscription manager translations
• BZ - 843095 - Awkward stretching of Product column in My Installed Software Tab
• BZ - 843113 - [ta_IN] failed pofilter xmltags test for subscription-manager translations
• BZ - 843191 - subscription-manager version value for server type fails to read "Unknown"
• BZ - 843907 - subscription-manager repos --enable AND --disable options can't be used together
• BZ - 843915 - multiple specifications of --enable AND --disable options are ignored by subscription-manager repos
• BZ - 844069 - subscription-manager register with --force is failing when the current identity cert is bad
• BZ - 844178 - subscription-manager import --certificate is failing to recognize a non-entitlement cert
• BZ - 844369 - msgids translations are missing for several languages
• BZ - 845304 - translation of the word "[OPTIONS]" has reverted
• BZ - 845827 - Error while checking server version: No such file or directory
• BZ - 846105 - String Update: Update Certificate Status Strings
• BZ - 846834 - String Updates: Assorted Entitlement Usage Updates
• BZ - 847060 - missing dependency for subscription-manager: pygobject2
• BZ - 847316 - String Update: Account for different location of RHSM in menus in 5.9
• BZ - 847319 - String Update(?): Fix indentation issue with string in firstboot
• BZ - 847354 - rct cat-cert tool should not report "None" for entitlement OIDS that are missing/null
• BZ - 847380 - String Updates: rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm
• BZ - 847387 - Bug: Icon based tooltip doesn't work in 5.9, works in 6.3 (System Registration dialog)
• BZ - 847750 - Migration with enable proxy displays traceback
• BZ - 847795 - String Update: redhat_branding.py Updates
• BZ - 847859 - Bug with Expiring/Expired Highlights in My Subscription Tab Details Pane (not being cleared when viewing different subscriptions)
• BZ - 848184 - Error while checking server version: (-2, 'Name or service not known')
• BZ - 848190 - Error while checking server version: (111, 'Connection refused')
• BZ - 848195 - Error while checking server version: Proxy connection failed: 407
• BZ - 848409 - Error while checking server version: No such file or directory
• BZ - 848534 - Use the Real Subscription Manager Icons, with PNGs, not one SVG
• BZ - 848678 - Nothing happened to click menu "Help -> About" in subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 849022 - Error message appears in terminal when open subscription-manager gui from terminal if the system not registered
• BZ - 849105 - Spelling mistake happens to output when execute subscription-manager environments
• BZ - 849171 - getting an extraneous "verify\n" in stdout during an invalid certificate import
• BZ - 849483 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm fails to prompt for needed System Engine org credentials
• BZ - 849494 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm fails when rhn/up2date is configured for a proxy
• BZ - 849644 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm is not attempting to register when --no-auto is specified; it should register
• BZ - 850715 - Use of uninitialized variable and bad use of sizeof()
• BZ - 850870 - [RFE] Change Online Documentation Link in Subscription Manager
• BZ - 850881 - man page for rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm needs some updates for new/changed options
• BZ - 850920 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should error out when both --servicelevel and --no-auto options are specified
• BZ - 851124 - Unable to unsubscribe in GUI
• BZ - 851346 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should handle special case removal of "Red Hat Beta" product before autosubscribe is attempted
• BZ - 851642 - [ALL LANG] Translation needed for string "Keep your system up to date by registering."
• BZ - 852001 - Can not register the system with option "--org"
• BZ - 852107 - String Update: rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm output
• BZ - 852323 - Error message appears in terminal when clicking menu "Help -> Getting Started" in subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 852630 - subscription-manager unsubscribe -all on expired subscriptions says "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/pki/entitlement/1364069144416875315.pem'"
• BZ - 852706 - System is not unregistered after being deleted from candlepin server
• BZ - 852894 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should abort when classically consuming RHN Channels for multiple versions of JBEAP
• BZ - 852911 - Redundant tips icon in firstboot's Subscription Registration page
• BZ - 853006 - Tip information does not show completely in firstboot's Subscription Registration page
• BZ - 853035 - At firstboot, it goes to the wrong page when click "Back" button in the Create User page
• BZ - 853187 - String Update: install-num-migrate-to-rhsm output
• BZ - 853233 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm is installing both Desktop(68) and Workstation(71) when rhel-ARCH-client-vt-5 channel is consumed
• BZ - 853571 - man page for rhsmcertd indicates SECONDS and should be MINUTES
• BZ - 853876 - After deletion of consumer,subscription-manager --register --force says "Consumer <ConsumerID> has been deleted"
• BZ - 853885 - Failed to display rhsm-icon pop-up dialog when do unsubscribe via CLI
• BZ - 854312 - rhsmcertd removes, then puts, then removes, then puts, then removes, etc... an expired entitlement cert
• BZ - 854467 - Got prompt for user/password while using activation key to register
• BZ - 854522 - [ja_JP] [RHSM GUI] Unlocalized strings for subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 855081 - [pt_BR] untranslated msgid "Arch"
• BZ - 855085 - [as] missing translation for the word "OPTIONS"
• BZ - 855087 - [mr] missing translation for the word "OPTIONS"
• BZ - 855257 - In "Choose the specific contract to use" dialog,total subscription is 5 ,where as quantity available is 15
• BZ - 855762 - [RHSM GUI] 'All install products are covered by ...' dialog box should be actived in front of the SM main window.
• BZ - 856349 - rct cat-cert tool should report Content for "file" repo types as well as "yum" repos types
• BZ - 857195 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm man page updates
• BZ - 860030 - server version check should not use consumer authentication
• BZ - 860084 - [ja_JP] two accelerators for msgid "Configure Pro_xy"
• BZ - 860088 - [de_DE] translation for a url should not be altered
• BZ - 860344 - subscription-manager import --certificate fails to recognize a new version 3.0 certificate
• BZ - 861095 - [hi_IN] duplicate words appear in two msgid translations
• BZ - 861443 - rhsmcertd logging of Healing shows "Certificates updated." when it should fail.
• BZ - 862099 - Subscription Manager Dialogs Fail to Render Properly - 'Gtk_is_Container' assertion failure
• BZ - 863428 - Migration failed with message Organization A has more than one environment.
• BZ - 863565 - Subscription Registration Doesn't Give Focus to Login Field
• BZ - 864092 - [es_ES] unchanged translation for msgid "Configure Proxy"
• BZ - 864095 - [it_IT] unchanged translation for msgid "System Engine Username: "
• BZ - 865545 - rhsm.log would benefit from another DEBUG line when an expired entitlement is removed
• BZ - 865590 - cannot unsubscribe from an imported certV3 entitlement
• BZ - 866579 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm leaves system unregistered when a non-existant environment is specified/mistyped

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.9_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager.html#RHBA-2013-0033