RHBA-2015:0398 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Yum is a command-line utility that allows the user to check for updates and
automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Yum automatically
obtains and downloads dependencies, prompting the user for permission as
necessary.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when the user ran the "yum history" command and the

/var/lib/yum/history file was missing or empty, the yum utility terminated
unexpectedly. With this update, this situation is handled gracefully, and yum no longer crashes in the described situation. (BZ#1095157)

• When environment variables $YUM0-$YUM9 were used in the yum.conf file, these variables were not substituted with their values. The underlying source code has been patched, and the variables are now correctly substituted with their values in yum.conf. (BZ#1102585)
• Prior to this update, when the "yum verify" command was run, the yum utility reported changes to file permissions even when no changes were made. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and yum now reports correctly. (BZ#1113395)

Users of yum 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64

Fixes

• BZ - 1063181 - rpm checks versions in install mode (rpm -ivh)
• BZ - 1095146 - yum complicates config URIs needlessly, leading to strange error messages
• BZ - 1095161 - yum-config-manager --setopt doesn't work with wildcards
• BZ - 1096147 - [abrt] yum: history.py:1440:search:AssertionError
• BZ - 1097383 - yum: Deal more gracefully with /usr being a read-only
• BZ - 1102585 - variable substitution doesn't work for yum.conf and *.repo files
• BZ - 1113395 - yum verify-all reports problems with permissions but the Current and Original modes are the same.
• BZ - 1130939 - Don't create /var/run in new chroot's, as it's a magic dir. now
• BZ - 1138205 - needs-restarting script is not functional
• BZ - 1147992 - __init__.py:2190:doLock:AssertionError

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal