Topic

Updated subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data, and
python-rhsm packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users
to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement
platform.

The subscription-manager-migration-data package provides certificates for
migrating a system from the legacy Red Hat Network Classic (RHN) to Red Hat
Subscription Management (RHSM).

The python-rhsm packages provide a library for communicating with the
representational state transfer (REST) interface of a Red Hat Unified
Entitlement Platform. The Subscription Management tools use this interface to
manage system entitlements, certificates, and access to content.

The subscription-manager packages have been upgraded to upstream version
1.14.10, which provides numerous bug fixes and enhancements over the previous
version.

The subscription-manager-migration-data package has been upgraded to upstream
version 2.0.22, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version.

The python-rhsm packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.14.3, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1195369)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the "yum update --disablerepo" command removed a product

certificate. As a consequence, the product was no longer installed on the client
and it was impossible to retrieve the content. This bug has been fixed,
certificates are no longer removed when the "--disablerepo" option is used, and
repositories can now be enabled or disabled as expected. (BZ#1159163)

• When the .pem certificate file failed to be located, an exit status of 1 was

always returned. As a consequence, an error was indicated also in case no
products were installed on the system. With this update, when no products are
installed and the "--auto-attach" option is used for registering a system, the
message "No products installed" is returned to inform the user that there is no
need to attach any subscriptions and the system status is "Current" (green).
Also, a zero return code indicates that the registration was successful.
(BZ#1123014)

• When configuration options in camelCase are removed from the

/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf file and then restored with the "subscription-manager
config" command, they are restored in lowercase. For example, the
"subscription-manager config --rhsmcertd.autoattachinterval" command fails to
restore the "autoAttachInterval" option in camelCase and, as a consequence, the
entry is ignored by the rhsmcertd daemon. However, an existing value can be
successfully changed by using such a command. With this update, the
"subscription-manager config --remove" command no longer deletes the option from
the configuration file but restores its default value instead. As a result, the
described problem occurs only when configuration options are manually deleted
from /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf and not reset with the "--remove" option, which is
recommended. (BZ#1223860)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• Subscription Manager now includes certificates and maps for Advanced Mission

Critical Update Support (AUS). This enables migration from RHN Classic to RHSM
for AUS subscriptions. (BZ#825089)

• The rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm tool now supports Activation Keys when

registering to RHSM. This simplifies automated migration. (BZ#1154375)

• The rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm tool no longer requires RHN Classic

credentials if the new "--keep" option is used. This functionality can help
simplify automated migration. (BZ#1180273)

Users of subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data, 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.

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

https://access.redhat.com/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 x86_64
• 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 976855 - (client) version checks done at startup are very slow
• BZ - 1103824 - Cronjob /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd fails sometimes with python traceback
• BZ - 1117525 - [gu] need a translation for privacy_statement msgid
• BZ - 1127900 - rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhs-(3|rhsc-3|nagios) channel maps are missing from channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 1131596 - rhel-s390x-server-hts-6-beta channel map is missing from channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 1131629 - some rhel-ppc-server and rhel-ppc64-server channel maps are missing from channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 1132981 - registering with an activation key with no installed products does not register cleanly
• BZ - 1133647 - messageWindow.py:72: DeprecationWarning
• BZ - 1141257 - [RFE] Need automatic word wrap for "subscription name" label in the dialog box, when having subscriptions with very long "subscription name"
• BZ - 1145077 - subscription-manager - truncated lines also when output is redirected to file or pipe
• BZ - 1147404 - [pt_BR] [RHSM Firstboot] Truncation in 'Subscription Management Registration' page.
• BZ - 1154375 - [RFE] rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should support activation keys
• BZ - 1170314 - Setting "manage_repos = 0" in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf causes subscription-manager to delete redhat.repo
• BZ - 1180273 - [RFE] rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should allow the user to migrate a system without requiring credentials on RHN Classic
• BZ - 1188961 - [zh_TW] [RHSM GUI] Incorrect window title name for Preferences dialog
• BZ - 1189950 - [ko_KR] bad translation for "{dateexample}" prevents error message from rendering
• BZ - 1195369 - Upgrade RHSM components to the latest tagged commits from upstream master for RHEL 6.7
• BZ - 1195501 - The redhat.repo file should be refreshed after a successful repo-override removal
• BZ - 1195824 - Zanata translations for subscription-manager 1.14 are not 100%
• BZ - 1196385 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm man page needs a description for new --activation-key option
• BZ - 1196396 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should abort when using --activation-key option with --destination-user/password options
• BZ - 1196416 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm with --activation-key option should not prompt for destination credentials
• BZ - 1196418 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm --activation-key does not bash complete
• BZ - 1197673 - Start date and end date in the consumed list are wrong for future subscriptions
• BZ - 1197864 - subscription-manager-migration-data for RHEL6.7 needs RHEL6.7 product certs
• BZ - 1198369 - UnboundLocalError: local variable 'state' referenced before assignment
• BZ - 1200972 - Error: Servicelevel is unused with --pool
• BZ - 1201727 - After the 24 hour pool is expired,consumed --list displays a value,even after attaching a subscription
• BZ - 1204012 - Man page of subscription-manager doesnot list release as one of the options of register command
• BZ - 1207306 - dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
• BZ - 1207403 - Subscription-manager makes an unauthorized request after unregistering.
• BZ - 1207958 - Manually attached subscriptions in GUI are missing in My Subscriptions tab.
• BZ - 1209519 - Remove ", requires --auto" from the subscribe help text for --servicelevel option
• BZ - 1212515 - [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid' when running rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm
• BZ - 1213418 - Mismatch in "compliance status" message when imported entitlement cert to a disconnected system
• BZ - 1217835 - exit code from rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm activation-key without an org should be EX_USAGE
• BZ - 1218377 - man page SYNOPSIS for rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm is missing the new --keep option
• BZ - 1220287 - [RHSM GUI][ja_JP]Incorrect short-cut key '_S' of Save button in Proxy Configuration dialog.
• BZ - 1222712 - subscription-manager-migration-data for RHEL6.7 depends on upstream RHN Channel to product cert mappings in cdn/product-certs.json
• BZ - 1223038 - RepoActionInvoker.is_managed() broken in subscription-manager-1.14.5-1.el6.x86_64 /usr/share/rhsm/subscription_manager/repolib.py
• BZ - 1223852 - repolib report has 'deletedfd' typo in string catalog
• BZ - 1223860 - subscription-manager config --rhsmcertd.autoattachinterval adds configuration with incorrect case.
• BZ - 1225600 - subscription-manager config --remove=rhsm.repo_ca_cert does not exactly restore the default value
• BZ - 1227886 - [pt_BR][es_ES] msg_id="_Save" was not translated to "_Salvar" or "_Guardar"
• BZ - 1227932 - [ru] translation for msgid "Error: The --servicelevel option cannot be used when specifying pools." fails the options test
• BZ - 1228387 - RHN base channel "rhel-ppc64-server-6" is missing from the RHEL-6/channel-cert-mapping.txt
• BZ - 1228807 - Cannot clear out proxy settings in firstboot

CVEs

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References

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