RHBA-2015:1390 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum-rhn-plugin package that fixes two bugs and adds two enhancements is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The yum-rhn-plugin package allows the Yum package manager to access content from
Red Hat Network.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, provisioning virtual guests on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 did not

properly cooperate with the Satellite implementation of the koan tool. As a
consequence, using the rhn_check program failed if the spacewalk-koan package
was installed on the client. With this update, spacewalk-koan has been modified
to be compatible with rhn_check, and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1155129)

• The yum-rhn-plugin package has been updated to support API changes introduced

in the previous update of the rhn-client-tools package. (BZ#1018929)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, the network connection error message has been enhanced to

inform about the cause of the error. (BZ#916597)

• The rhnplugin.conf(5) manual page has been updated to provide the complete

description of rhnplugin.conf configuration options. (BZ#729913)

• When registering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 to Red Hat Satellite using an

activation key configured to automatically install specific packages upon
registration, the installation of these packages in some cases failed. This
update fixes the underlying code, and package installations based on the
activation key are now performed successfully. (BZ#1183989)

Users of fedfs-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs and adds this enhancement.

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 - 729913 - man rhnplugin.conf does not containt the most up2date information
• BZ - 916597 - Misleading error message: Network error: Connection reset by peer
• BZ - 1018929 - yum-rhn-plugin syntax issue
• BZ - 1155129 - Provisioning failed when rhn_check runs with installed package spacewalk-koan

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)