RHBA-2013:1659 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager and python-rhsm 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.

These updated subscription-manager and python-rhsm 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 6.5 Technical Notes
for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager-and-python-rhsm.html#RHBA-2013-1659

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 Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 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 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 6 x86_64
• 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 - 869046 - (-2, 'Name or service not known') / (111, 'Connection refused') was encountered while performing negative proxy tests
• BZ - 872697 - [ja_JP] two accelerators for msgid "Configure Pro_xy"
• BZ - 884657 - the server-6-ost-folsom channels need to be mapped into channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 886917 - [or_IN] wrong translation for msgid "Error: Must use --auto-attach with --servicelevel."
• BZ - 888791 - product cert mappings for RHN Channels rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.1* are missing
• BZ - 896195 - rhel-i386-server-sjis-6 channels are not yet mapped in channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 914113 - rhsmd Calling Deprecated hasNow Function
• BZ - 920524 - Failed to register a system which in the FIPS mode.
• BZ - 922837 - [RFE] Rebase python-rhsm to the latest upstream version for 6.5
• BZ - 950116 - Rebase Subscription Manager Migration Data for RHEL 6.5
• BZ - 950118 - Rebase Subscription Manager for RHEL 6.5
• BZ - 966429 - Display bonus pool in subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 972883 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm tool neglects to populate /var/lib/rhsm/productid.js
• BZ - 983670 - would like to improve the description for auto-attach module
• BZ - 985090 - command "rhsmcertd" options
• BZ - 986971 - String Update: 'Available Subscriptions' > 'Available' in All Available Subscriptions Table & CLI tweak
• BZ - 988085 - After running subscription-manager config --remove server.hostname, different default values available from GUI and CLI
• BZ - 988411 - Name change for AT-SPI locator "Providing Subscriptions"
• BZ - 990916 - subscription-manager-gui can not launch at the first time if register and then make ca cert invalid.
• BZ - 994266 - expired entitlement shows in GUI but not in CLI
• BZ - 994344 - Display appropriate message when used unsupported files in rct cat-manifest/dump-manifest command
• BZ - 994620 - Need better messaging on rhsm-icon when partial subscription exsists on a fully compliant machine
• BZ - 995597 - multiple pool attachments no longer tolerates a bad pool after bug fix 994711
• BZ - 996993 - [RFE] Search for or list matching providedProducts
• BZ - 997935 - Subscription-manager makes an unauthorized request after unregistering.
• BZ - 1000145 - DeprecationWarning: BaseException.message has been deprecated as of Python 2.6
• BZ - 1001169 - subscription-manager CLI attach --auto will not persist the unsetting of the service-level
• BZ - 1001820 - Tab Completion: subscription-manager attach <tab tab>
• BZ - 1003017 - Zanata translations for subscription-manager 1.9 are not yet 100%
• BZ - 1004341 - subscription-manager-gui does not bash complete its options
• BZ - 1004385 - rhsm-icon bash completions should not end with a comma
• BZ - 1004893 - subscription-manager list --installed status is wrong following a newly installed product cert
• BZ - 1005420 - man page needs entry for new status option --ondate
• BZ - 1006060 - subscription-manager-migration-data is missing RHEL 6.5 product certs
• BZ - 1006985 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should abort when it encounters RHN channels that map to different products certs that share the same productId
• BZ - 1007836 - GUI spinner quantity is not displaying correct value for Instance based subscription
• BZ - 1008016 - [RFE] The redhat.repo file should be refreshed after a successful subscription
• BZ - 1008557 - [RFE] CLI list --available should include a "Quantity Needed" field to facilitate compliance and provide parity with GUI
• BZ - 1008603 - Subscription-manager should not require connectivity to list products
• BZ - 1009600 - Show System Type in list --consumed; Show System Type in attach confirmation gui dialog.
• BZ - 1010880 - Gui spinner quantity is displaying wrong quantity for Awesome OS x86_64(100000000000002.pem) with fully compliant instance based subscription.
• BZ - 1011234 - subscription-manager list --avail should catch nil service-levels and report the absense of a service-level rather than "None"
• BZ - 1011703 - Auto-Attach subscriptions displayed in register dialog should not be "selectable" and the table in which it is displayed requires a table name (AT-SPI Locator)
• BZ - 1011712 - bash-completion of subscription-manager environments --<TAB><TAB> is incomplete
• BZ - 1011961 - rct cat-cert should display "Unlimited" for Quantity instead of "-1"
• BZ - 1011992 - High Touch Beta channel mappings should be excluded from channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 1012501 - Installed tab displayes incorrect number of non-covered products

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager-and-python-rhsm.html#RHBA-2013-1659