Synopsis

Red Hat Satellite bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-utils, satellite-schema, satellite-branding,
cobbler, and spacecmd 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:

• Updating Satellite with the kickstart.profile.setKickstarttableTree API call
  did not correctly recreate the kickstart file. Consequently, until another
  change was made in the file, the systems kickstarted through the API used an
  outdated kickstart tree. With this update, the changes of the kickstart tree are
  effective immediately. (BZ#1086354)
  
• Previously in Satellite 5.7, the "Update" button on the administration page of
  a system group was inactive. Consequently, it was not possible to change the
  system group administrators from that page. This bug has been fixes, and the
  "Update" button now works as expected. (BZ#1202233)
  
• The "asynchronous" cloning option of the "spacewalk-clone-by-date" command did
  not function correctly with improved recursive dependency resolution.
  Consequently, the "max recursion depth exceeded" error message was returned if
  the asynchronous cloning took a long time. This update removes the asynchronous
  option, as it is no longer necessary given the improved cloning speeds and the
  recent dependency resolution improvements. (BZ#1208228)
  
• In certain cases, using the "spacecmd package_details" command to view the
  details about a package returned duplicate results. This update ensures that the
  results returned by "spacecmd package_details" are unique. (BZ#1207606)
  
• Kickstart scripts are required to have a name since Satellite version 5.5.
  However, nameless scripts could occur if the Satellite has been upgraded from
  version 5.4 without updating the scripts. Because Satellite 5.7 uses the script
  name as the visible text for the link to the script's details, there was no way
  to view the details of unnamed scripts. This update ensures that a generic
  "Script" name is used in the link if the script does not have a name.
  (BZ#1188586)
  
• Kickstart scripts containing non-ascii characters caused the cobbler utility
  to return the "ordinal not in range" error when attempting to use the Kickstart
  profile. This update ensures that all UTF-8 characters are usable in Kickstart
  scripts. (BZ#1096263)
  
• Due to a small timing window in the cobbler utility, directories and files
  were sometimes created with incorrect permissions, causing PXE installation to
  fail. With this update, the PXE installation no longer fails due to incorrect
  file permissions. (BZ#1052857)
  
• Previously in Satellite 5.7, loading the Systems Overview page could take a
  very long time if the systems had a large number of applicable errata. This
  update significantly improves the loading speed of that page. (BZ#1207816)
  
• Previously in 5.7, the page that shows the results of a configuration file
  diff action was very difficult to read due to a bug in the CSS of the page. This
  bug has been fixed and the page is now rendered properly. (BZ#1189354)
  
• Under certain circumstances, Auto Errata Updates were not correctly scheduled
  for example when publishing a previously unpublished erratum. This update
  changes the scheduling of Auto Errata Updates, moving it into a separate
  Taskomatic task. As a result, Auto Errata Updates are now properly scheduled
  when they are available. (BZ#1215671)
  
• Previously in Satellite 5.7, scheduling a Remote Command in the System Set
  Manager page took a long time if the system set was large. This update
  significantly improves the performance of System Set Manager. (BZ#1215271)
  
• Assigning an errata to a custom channel failed for Satellite Servers using an
  Oracle database. This bug has been fixed and errata can now be associated with
  custom channels without complications. (BZ#1221717)
  

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 5.7 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1188586 - After upgrade ks profile script are not visible
• BZ - 1189354 - Compare two versions of a configuration file
• BZ - 1202233 - system group admin update button unclickable
• BZ - 1215671 - not all erratas scheduled for systems with Auto Errata Update enabled when cloning these erratas via Errata -> Clone Errata

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Satellite 5.7

SRPM
cobbler-2.0.7-56.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: e95b6d54cd9972e9f33211f2804842963422f1eac2ad4b11769274b81ef1041d
satellite-branding-5.7.0.26-1.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 884e71f9e3a60fa8b0f2763b6620b1e9c0cede461fae71d4edf9f7eeb488cb6a
satellite-schema-5.7.0.15-1.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb10806d32fce16e4d1d195335edab41d77c5d0d580e4203229f462f8b64b871
spacecmd-2.3.0-4.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: c807b778db13afb70062531ad180e2d0fd0d91915880a9858e8975839dcbc7a1
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-105.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2574e973f3eea6202c02be5ac1c761134f3e5839a18bdaa05744d1146878cf07
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-17.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 126d36900824c40a7655f69c7270d2968af7c39473ff5f35e0c93c7ec72ff3bf
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-18.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 409595cb5517f03c0b847211d6e66a3cbefef661468f6bfddae5cc84f897149f
x86_64
cobbler-2.0.7-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: c8c534c7d3695a28a620d9dd17babc03bfb5ed117421267058b0fc1fe52a0f7d
satellite-branding-5.7.0.26-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e4482ad2e61be7235e795171663ac7c78936bcb7d87eb2cf22cca6d5c7adf07e
satellite-schema-5.7.0.15-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 172dae7f8322971b9337b767bc57db3afb63d6361f41e9f4214086d0179f9bc6
spacecmd-2.3.0-4.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3212f8899a13c13bdc0802a453bfd8b8b10564b3cd56ac84f4d410cb24db3865
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: fe47b29d2af6ad368a09ce989601ff41650f09b90527d8c8d1f153baa869d2a7
spacewalk-java-config-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b6a7d07515ea37aa689654ce8830edb665234822b5faf4824e3da5681fb3468d
spacewalk-java-lib-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: d06105284606b3a8b783d422c5192f2c4d6df4c7fd4a2330f086d682452682a2
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ac189e83d5ee8c35a44ccca0ccd7a638f7f49d602d3fa8631c842cbbb22cd495
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 30ddffaabb8f3c032b96a34a6560899e1f0bd7a7363c4b6b0dae9874f2e35381
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-17.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ae83e6cb5445d885cd446f16dbdf2efaef9fe271888b7c8468076bbc63354814
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 43c9b04c4dac573370bc8645ca76897b03973a7432eb762693e39475b6391a28
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-18.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0e2518ca7731f6875f3d2cf5ad858fc23b395d2a350bd36eb0a54d002166fae4
s390x
cobbler-2.0.7-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: c8c534c7d3695a28a620d9dd17babc03bfb5ed117421267058b0fc1fe52a0f7d
satellite-branding-5.7.0.26-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e4482ad2e61be7235e795171663ac7c78936bcb7d87eb2cf22cca6d5c7adf07e
satellite-schema-5.7.0.15-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 172dae7f8322971b9337b767bc57db3afb63d6361f41e9f4214086d0179f9bc6
spacecmd-2.3.0-4.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3212f8899a13c13bdc0802a453bfd8b8b10564b3cd56ac84f4d410cb24db3865
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: fe47b29d2af6ad368a09ce989601ff41650f09b90527d8c8d1f153baa869d2a7
spacewalk-java-config-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b6a7d07515ea37aa689654ce8830edb665234822b5faf4824e3da5681fb3468d
spacewalk-java-lib-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: d06105284606b3a8b783d422c5192f2c4d6df4c7fd4a2330f086d682452682a2
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ac189e83d5ee8c35a44ccca0ccd7a638f7f49d602d3fa8631c842cbbb22cd495
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 30ddffaabb8f3c032b96a34a6560899e1f0bd7a7363c4b6b0dae9874f2e35381
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-17.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ae83e6cb5445d885cd446f16dbdf2efaef9fe271888b7c8468076bbc63354814
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.3.8-105.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 43c9b04c4dac573370bc8645ca76897b03973a7432eb762693e39475b6391a28
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-18.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0e2518ca7731f6875f3d2cf5ad858fc23b395d2a350bd36eb0a54d002166fae4