RHBA-2013:1388 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The python-rhsm packages provide a library for communicating with the
representational state transfer (REST) interface of Red Hat's subscription and
content service. The Subscription Management tools use this interface to manage
system entitlements, certificates, and content access.

The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users
to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat Entitlement
platform.

• The python-rhsm packages have been upgraded to the latest upstream version,

which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#967460)

• The subscription-manager packages have been upgraded to the latest upstream

version, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous
version. (BZ#967476)

• The subscription-manager-migration-data packages have been upgraded to the

latest upstream version, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements
over the previous version. (BZ#967478)

Users of subscription-manager and python-rhsm are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which fix these bugs 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• 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 for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
• 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 EUS Compute Node 6.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 967460 - [RFE] Rebase python-rhsm to the latest upstream version for 6.5
• BZ - 967476 - Rebase Subscription Manager for RHEL 6.5

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)