Synopsis

spacewalk bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web, spacewalk-reports and cobbler packages
that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures.
It allows for provisioning, remote management and monitoring of multiple Linux
deployments with a single, centralized tool.

Bug fixes:

• A previous change that improved the speed of package search operations
  introduced a bug causing the package search API to return only the first
  matching result. This update corrects the related package queries, and the
  package search API now correctly returns all the matching results. (BZ#1074083)
  
• The Satellite API previously did not consider a possibility having installed
  different architecture versions of the same package on the system, and the
  related API method thus returned only the first matching package. This update
  ensures that the API handles this situation correctly and returns all packages
  as expected. (BZ#1064625)
  
• Satellite always added a "set -x" line to non-chroot kickstart scripts.
  However, this command is not valid for non-shell interpreters, such as Python,
  and the script thus failed with a syntax error in such a case. This update
  ensures that "set -x" is added only to a Bash kickstart script. (BZ#676828)
  
• Satellite was using a different default partition layout for provisioned
  systems than is used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This could confuse system
  administrators who would expect a default partition layout on machines with this
  operating system. To avoid confusion, Satellite now uses the default partition
  layout of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. (BZ#1075161)
  
• Satellite encrypted the root password for all provisioned systems with the MD5
  algorithm. This cryptographic function is, however, no longer considered
  sufficiently secure. Satellite has been thus updated to use the SHA-256
  algorithm in kickstart profiles for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and higher.
  Kickstart profiles for Red Hat Enterprise 5 and lower still use MD5 due to a
  lack of SHA-256 support in some earlier versions. (BZ#1075127)
  
• When provisioning virtual guests on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the
  Satellite implementation of Cobbler provided the koan tool with incorrect
  information about the operating system. Consequently, provisioned guests were
  running without any performance enhancements. This update fixes the problem and
  ensures that the provisioned guests run with expected efficiency in this case.
  (BZ#1051160)
  
• If an arbitrary command was scheduled along with package installation to be
  run before or after the installation, the administrator was unable to cancel
  actions that had been scheduled in this manner. This update ensures that
  Satellite handles canceling of the scheduled actions properly, enabling
  administrators to cancel scheduled actions as needed. (BZ#1066479)
  
• Satellite counted the systems subscribed to several channels from the given
  channel family multiple times, and the channel family pages in the Satellite
  WebUI thus displayed incorrect number of the subscribed systems. This update
  ensures that the systems in this scenario are counted only once so the family
  pages now display the correct number of the subscribed systems. (BZ#1002912)
  
• When changing the channel subscriptions for multiple systems at once using the
  System Set Manager (SSM), Satellite did not update the scheduled action after
  the successful change, and the action remained in the "In Progress" state. This
  update modifies SSM to ensure that Satellite updates the action state properly
  in this case. (BZ#1013833)
  
• A request to display past actions in the Satellite WebUI could fail with a "503
  Service Temporarily Unavailable" error if the Satellite database had stored a
  very large number of that type of action (more than 35 thousands). This update
  fixes the problem by limiting the Satellite WebUI to display only last 25
  thousands actions; older actions can be retrieved by using a new
  spacewalk-report utility. (BZ#1030798)
  

All users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs.

Solution

Application of this errata involves updating the database schema.

For general instructions on database schema upgrade, consult the following
document first: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/273633

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied. To apply this erratum, take the following
steps:

• Shut down Red Hat Satellite by running the following as root:
  

# rhn-satellite stop

• Backup the database. For embedded or managed database variants, please consult
  Red Hat Satellite documentation.
  

For an external database, consult your database administrator.

• Upgrade the errata packages available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to
  use Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
  https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
  
• Restart Red Hat Satellite by running the following as root:
  

# rhn-satellite start

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 5 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1051160 - Provisioning on RHEL 7 VHost creates slow guests
• BZ - 1066479 - When scheduling package installs with added command after install (reboot/yum check-update) unable to cancel.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6

SRPM
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 1fbd16691292f61735a94c6133a93b41efec2b252927891d295916da2cfb976c
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: caefd5c66624be7abd2d4f676927bcf739632a4e60ddf0349594855fa0ae522c
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 1749269838e7b36dfae7f2718597ce53a8c07942be9efe2303f7442f2ead75dc
spacewalk-web-2.0.3-20.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: f37f288345d080048576d0c1920094d551f7bfcc897b7648f8573f2c13f5bc9a
x86_64
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3fbd401977bae833f9176e88b0c87984b30c0d4f05811af6b572dd5eb268c7f7
spacewalk-base-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7b5738e0a5a156a5fd626750655607795808aa4172e8630291b1c5a42e3bf372
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5c2c32b154e2e9aef4eaa22bf563977fe17a9c3a874c77adc6369b727b680d9d
spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 18aee51279d1cf6412bae8e5655c5a30cc0a7bbd7918421b28d95c2ea5084acd
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b35632b108ecb7ff8ccd5c61ba1ff44ea9d9e968697dbe864d0261122e7b7c3e
spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 67a9bd06aa648568846468d5ec7daa0da1108768ba04a927fec19f803280549b
spacewalk-html-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: bec09505b8184679cbf3f4130d5531095099c61aa90b4aa9b3538e29889bd275
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b75872280773d6ae67950cce9f65396b5f79e88de4b9c9f17ea91361276336d6
spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6b346ad196c5ffe3d8d7777202caefaa90c20d78f9f7135245cd5a4c1cc7fd6d
spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 787030b840ab806faa3d88cac32e4972831839599df502190e6434fae078bd75
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0bcaf2c07ab8fe73e54b376b604c1d3f6573dca212713f0eaa286e723b3fb2b8
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2e2c9b8f59e7db4ad1e8d44b69dc0d3d759d3b2c3589065affe706bbc89b1f94
spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f5c7f404c363fcaee26807e4d8aeb119af1e49350883a124be19ca840b62cb19
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5a8d108c5b77a94cf9a923a031bfd4d6742bf38fa04a0446c2b86b0df7891913
spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ab9b9c39bae119095e4c98f2894c7d6135a61b590535ae7ebac150a0ca53a467
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 1da34eb34aada8b87f20947eb715678e678ca3d36986f2d0afdf2e5f36bca8a9
s390x
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3fbd401977bae833f9176e88b0c87984b30c0d4f05811af6b572dd5eb268c7f7
spacewalk-base-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7b5738e0a5a156a5fd626750655607795808aa4172e8630291b1c5a42e3bf372
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5c2c32b154e2e9aef4eaa22bf563977fe17a9c3a874c77adc6369b727b680d9d
spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 18aee51279d1cf6412bae8e5655c5a30cc0a7bbd7918421b28d95c2ea5084acd
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b35632b108ecb7ff8ccd5c61ba1ff44ea9d9e968697dbe864d0261122e7b7c3e
spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 67a9bd06aa648568846468d5ec7daa0da1108768ba04a927fec19f803280549b
spacewalk-html-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: bec09505b8184679cbf3f4130d5531095099c61aa90b4aa9b3538e29889bd275
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b75872280773d6ae67950cce9f65396b5f79e88de4b9c9f17ea91361276336d6
spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6b346ad196c5ffe3d8d7777202caefaa90c20d78f9f7135245cd5a4c1cc7fd6d
spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 787030b840ab806faa3d88cac32e4972831839599df502190e6434fae078bd75
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0bcaf2c07ab8fe73e54b376b604c1d3f6573dca212713f0eaa286e723b3fb2b8
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2e2c9b8f59e7db4ad1e8d44b69dc0d3d759d3b2c3589065affe706bbc89b1f94
spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f5c7f404c363fcaee26807e4d8aeb119af1e49350883a124be19ca840b62cb19
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5a8d108c5b77a94cf9a923a031bfd4d6742bf38fa04a0446c2b86b0df7891913
spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ab9b9c39bae119095e4c98f2894c7d6135a61b590535ae7ebac150a0ca53a467
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-71.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 1da34eb34aada8b87f20947eb715678e678ca3d36986f2d0afdf2e5f36bca8a9

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5

SRPM
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3b1b46f0ec8d7bff0db8dbf49eab518442e864cb40256824f581bedf49cfc08e
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 89c3f47905a27a676ee2325a4afe2b236fec465e6527ea58bd9c04e09a971787
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 31f6c446b8ec43e649768902a716ca16d56af2136ef18550006d216a800986ca
spacewalk-web-2.0.3-20.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 86d9c1ac81c1a8169e9225d0567abb4be3757e5df19a7f0e3c711e7bea614064
x86_64
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 75b77b9be284141501ff94ba380f38d7598a1a7b148a9507fa16681e07525207
spacewalk-base-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2a137103bff50b3e1c207c49ab5bd8dd39f2969662bb2fa0dd96c48caa48a4c4
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9f5018aa7fde96dcd22ef31fbb423e43706140b393910af14a3c26ad90f7a7f6
spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2b2529106607124918634d29d0a9be50a575ed7fe859e3bfc66d77eddf733a16
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e4bd66b9eebe45497c17687cd978a74235ad418b08505007827cf08d79ab16
spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6be0bdfe51e0aa9c7168ab306790197d7017aebc6d890af57f5d2012aba82849
spacewalk-html-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e3f7d49f3a419a297883a7854d5ec37a02e645b8e4e86d3c39fd5c3454ee37
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cb462bb46257a9b0cb468e5c2b8486c12dd9f5d83428d4ef551500ac49746870
spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cdece97781e1c2e51b2414d958cd4efcac781dab03125c78d49a5f38a9ebc4c4
spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3a6e5f2958b48fdc56de820963a52aa448e6c6ab91534a7fc23885f07a2c7eec
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 8d9c279e758da3d4facf1ca51442faacd495f65231dbb90be3581bcea9e1f672
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: d063908114d404c974b0fc0d6e66fab25eba673d08112284fc9f8eb85829fd31
spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f99b47fe4a8828b4400cc1c38ace5a9b3ab0e1a907a708e9c8e28222cfd4f2aa
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e2afbdb63f9594abe9cda4cd1801b48d7a2a1a24d616e84995e240a504e4ddac
spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9c1b61cb66d6e35ec22e8647c8ce8ad1b0134d565f9c01a9bab72b7ccef7e4ef
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f2d1fb239c495d13d146a6f7b4cb201ddb71ae0e62617f44875a259437a92071
s390x
cobbler-2.0.7-43.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 75b77b9be284141501ff94ba380f38d7598a1a7b148a9507fa16681e07525207
spacewalk-base-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2a137103bff50b3e1c207c49ab5bd8dd39f2969662bb2fa0dd96c48caa48a4c4
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9f5018aa7fde96dcd22ef31fbb423e43706140b393910af14a3c26ad90f7a7f6
spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2b2529106607124918634d29d0a9be50a575ed7fe859e3bfc66d77eddf733a16
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e4bd66b9eebe45497c17687cd978a74235ad418b08505007827cf08d79ab16
spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6be0bdfe51e0aa9c7168ab306790197d7017aebc6d890af57f5d2012aba82849
spacewalk-html-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e3f7d49f3a419a297883a7854d5ec37a02e645b8e4e86d3c39fd5c3454ee37
spacewalk-java-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cb462bb46257a9b0cb468e5c2b8486c12dd9f5d83428d4ef551500ac49746870
spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: cdece97781e1c2e51b2414d958cd4efcac781dab03125c78d49a5f38a9ebc4c4
spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3a6e5f2958b48fdc56de820963a52aa448e6c6ab91534a7fc23885f07a2c7eec
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 8d9c279e758da3d4facf1ca51442faacd495f65231dbb90be3581bcea9e1f672
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: d063908114d404c974b0fc0d6e66fab25eba673d08112284fc9f8eb85829fd31
spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f99b47fe4a8828b4400cc1c38ace5a9b3ab0e1a907a708e9c8e28222cfd4f2aa
spacewalk-reports-2.0.1-11.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e2afbdb63f9594abe9cda4cd1801b48d7a2a1a24d616e84995e240a504e4ddac
spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9c1b61cb66d6e35ec22e8647c8ce8ad1b0134d565f9c01a9bab72b7ccef7e4ef
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-71.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f2d1fb239c495d13d146a6f7b4cb201ddb71ae0e62617f44875a259437a92071

Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 6

SRPM
spacewalk-web-2.0.3-20.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: f37f288345d080048576d0c1920094d551f7bfcc897b7648f8573f2c13f5bc9a
x86_64
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5c2c32b154e2e9aef4eaa22bf563977fe17a9c3a874c77adc6369b727b680d9d
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b35632b108ecb7ff8ccd5c61ba1ff44ea9d9e968697dbe864d0261122e7b7c3e
s390x
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5c2c32b154e2e9aef4eaa22bf563977fe17a9c3a874c77adc6369b727b680d9d
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b35632b108ecb7ff8ccd5c61ba1ff44ea9d9e968697dbe864d0261122e7b7c3e

Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 5

SRPM
spacewalk-web-2.0.3-20.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 86d9c1ac81c1a8169e9225d0567abb4be3757e5df19a7f0e3c711e7bea614064
x86_64
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9f5018aa7fde96dcd22ef31fbb423e43706140b393910af14a3c26ad90f7a7f6
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e4bd66b9eebe45497c17687cd978a74235ad418b08505007827cf08d79ab16
s390x
spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9f5018aa7fde96dcd22ef31fbb423e43706140b393910af14a3c26ad90f7a7f6
spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-20.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b2e4bd66b9eebe45497c17687cd978a74235ad418b08505007827cf08d79ab16