RHBA-2015:0887 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-backend, spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web, and satellite-schema
packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.7.

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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Satellite has been updated to fix a Red Hat Proxy 5.7 bug related to operating

multiple Proxies behind a load-balancer. (BZ#1206708)

• Previously, a race condition occasionally occurred in Satellite, which caused

servers with the Automatic Errata Updates feature enabled not to have their
update actions scheduled. The race condition has been fixed to ensure that
updates are scheduled as expected. (BZ#1205306)

• Satellite did not accept the user notification email preferences and always

sent email if the repo-sync procedure failed. This bug has been fixed and
Satellite now sends notifications according to the user preferences.
(BZ#1128989)

• Previously, subscribing multiple systems to a subscription channel from the

"Target Systems" tab was very slow and could lead to connection timeouts. This
update schedules the recalculation of which errata are applicable to the
affected servers to happen asynchronously after subscription, which greatly
speeds up the subscription process. (BZ#1175939)

• When applying a heterogeneous set of errata to a heterogeneous set of systems,

for example Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 errata to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 and 6 systems, actions were scheduled for all errata on every system, even
when the base operating system did not match. This update ensures that Satellite
only schedules actions for errata that apply to a given system. (BZ#1188954)

• In case Satellite synchronized incorrect data from the Red Hat Network Hosted,

the subsequent synchronizations of that channel failed with the following
message:

duplicate key value violates unique constraint "rhn_package_file_pid_cid_uq"

Satellite now correctly handles incorrect data to ensure successful
synchronization or the channels. (BZ#989202)

• The web UI has been modified to function correctly in Internet Explorer

compatibility mode. (BZ#1196329)

• Previously, using the System Set Manager to apply many errata to a large

number of systems took a very long time. This update provides code changes that
speed up the process. (BZ#1200162)

• This update enables Satellite to respond properly to If-Modified-Since

requests from the Proxy server. Proxy can now be configured to download updated
yum repodata from Satellite only when it is necessary, which reduces the
required bandwidth between Proxy and Satellite. This feature requires manual
configuration, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/1396643 for instructions.
(BZ#1203406)

• The spacewalk-debug tool did not include logs from the new Postgresql 9.2

location. This update ensures that spacewalk-debug includes the Postgresql logs
from all possible locations. (BZ#1197765)

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 the 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 command as root:

rhn-satellite stop

• Backup the database. For embedded or managed database variants, please consult

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 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

• Update the database schema using the spacewalk-schema-upgrade command. To do

so, run as root:

spacewalk-schema-upgrade

This process will update your database schema to the latest version. The
spacewalk-schema-upgrade command will inform you about the results of the
upgrade and exact locations of schema upgrade log files.

• Restart Red Hat Satellite by running the following as root:

rhn-satellite start

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 5.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.7 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.7 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1196329 - Login fails for IE11/Server2008, unless compatibility-mode ON - rest of UI fails unless CM OFF

CVEs

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References

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