Synopsis

Satellite 5.7 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cobbler, satellite-schema, spacewalk-java, spacewalk-reports,
spacewalk-schema and spacewalk-utils packages that fix several bugs and add
various enhancements 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:

• Prior to this update, accessing invalid Satellite URLs led to "Internal Server
  Error". Consequently, the tomcat log file was filled with traceback messages.
  This bug has been fixed and the aforementioned error no longer occurs when
  accessing invalid URLs. (BZ#596245)
  
• Prior to this update, the spacewalk-clone-by-date command used with the -d or
  
• z option included errata newer than the specified date when creating a clone
  channel. This bug has been fixed, and spacewalk-clone-by-date now filters errata
  correctly. (BZ#1166673)
  
• Previously, running the spacewalk-clone-by-date command mode could exceed the
  maximum recursion depth when processing dependency loops between packages.
  Consequently, the command failed with the following message:
  

RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp

This bug has been fixed, and the maximum recursion depth is no longer exceeded.
(BZ#1222906)

• Under certain circumstances, taskomatic queue could be filled by multiple
  errata cache recalculation requests. This update prevents queuing the same type
  of requests into the taskomatic queue. (BZ#1227335)
  
• Under certain circumstances, merging two channels failed with the "method
  dispatch on NULL SELF argument is disallowed" message. This bug has been fixed,
  and channels are now merged without complications. (BZ#1236940)
  
• Prior to this update, Satellite only recognized a kickstart tree with the
  KSInstallType parameter containing "rhel" or "fedora". This restriction has been
  removed, and other types of kickstart trees can now be used. (BZ#1245767)
  
• Prior to this update, it was possible for the Satellite web UI to show fully
  updated systems as still having unapplied errata. This behavior has been
  addressed, and systems now report correct errata-status. (BZ#1218768)
  
• With this update, cobbler has been updated to correctly handle url-encoded
  incoming URLs. (BZ#1245769)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The systemgroup.listSystemsMinimal API call has been extended to return the
  date of the last boot and the date of the last registration. (BZ#1179479)
  
• This update adds the ability to generate a list of all proxies and systems
  subscribed on a proxy to the spacewalk-report command. (BZ#1225654)
  
• This update fixes rendering issues on several pages when using Internet
  Explorer 10 or 11. (BZ#1243992)
  

Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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. Details on how 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Satellite 5.7

SRPM
cobbler-2.0.7-62.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4dfb896855ae252a517379f196ad38bd1e43963b24f539ea0658de35bdb708e9
satellite-schema-5.7.0.19-1.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 7e81bfb3a9862ba9ac16cd3083c772deaaae47673944316d5fec23f62056d65a
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-112.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: a1124f9ef049db897d82c522f815cdb7f0b92a0007331a29dee84f866bff7e29
spacewalk-reports-2.3.0-8.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 1305824edd80d381ef5a23a31bc2edd1c55a6b6bf8f956ed82641f8e00edb1df
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-21.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: cf488ab842a70ad9de8de6b1d9c328ff1be89fff91d944c92ff3dfc38a2c5848
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-22.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: ece475f257adc611bf0411942dfd048e363c43ae58d999176d877513fff3bcd4
x86_64
cobbler-2.0.7-62.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9aa83809514443650dedfb75932fc46b64637d278562a81080f3699be15e955e
satellite-schema-5.7.0.19-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 43555eb135f3262aba7556b6c86dfcc5a60ff845be2c635d22f57a28a2b88b8e
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 1bb8c56cab7194ccec40438483a67270f0e324ede49386c3676cdef2023d7a93
spacewalk-java-config-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ad797f996f9b6d993b7b2a72be4a838112130fcc7aad31225243b91c23518ab4
spacewalk-java-lib-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b89e95a2564b457a016030175f25f86da052ba8fa48b7b924bb59828e170a65d
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 311f44b67068fd587eb3e7f9119f85e62f7a7981472d47727b44c459a900ca42
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b0e423be5de0bf076d126c1e93ecf588b15914773dbdfe575e1b0fb48865b633
spacewalk-reports-2.3.0-8.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9a45e700a2c6cb52629f71fb0223fc61528f42a07434af2fb185812c7051c349
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-21.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 906baad1beb399d78ebe4150ad7217cf152033259f1fcf24e5a9c48262b66b43
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6c488740ec62e1074e7848b2f498bad63cea82c0d6d683d4701bc1d1b8108ab3
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-22.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 728fb8ba888d05004fdad6371c240fd1549c1611db4b981a49dd9236abb4e5a9
s390x
cobbler-2.0.7-62.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9aa83809514443650dedfb75932fc46b64637d278562a81080f3699be15e955e
satellite-schema-5.7.0.19-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 43555eb135f3262aba7556b6c86dfcc5a60ff845be2c635d22f57a28a2b88b8e
spacewalk-java-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 1bb8c56cab7194ccec40438483a67270f0e324ede49386c3676cdef2023d7a93
spacewalk-java-config-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: ad797f996f9b6d993b7b2a72be4a838112130fcc7aad31225243b91c23518ab4
spacewalk-java-lib-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b89e95a2564b457a016030175f25f86da052ba8fa48b7b924bb59828e170a65d
spacewalk-java-oracle-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 311f44b67068fd587eb3e7f9119f85e62f7a7981472d47727b44c459a900ca42
spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b0e423be5de0bf076d126c1e93ecf588b15914773dbdfe575e1b0fb48865b633
spacewalk-reports-2.3.0-8.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 9a45e700a2c6cb52629f71fb0223fc61528f42a07434af2fb185812c7051c349
spacewalk-schema-2.3.2-21.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 906baad1beb399d78ebe4150ad7217cf152033259f1fcf24e5a9c48262b66b43
spacewalk-taskomatic-2.3.8-112.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6c488740ec62e1074e7848b2f498bad63cea82c0d6d683d4701bc1d1b8108ab3
spacewalk-utils-2.3.2-22.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 728fb8ba888d05004fdad6371c240fd1549c1611db4b981a49dd9236abb4e5a9