RHBA-2016:0797 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for python-rhsm and subscription-manager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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 provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of python-rhsm and subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Workstation 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 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 Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1046132 - rhsm-icon pops up at annoying times
• BZ - 1155954 - [RFE] big delay on checkbox in Manage Repositories
• BZ - 1163398 - [RFE] Include default check-period value in rhsm-icon --help
• BZ - 1189880 - Grammar issue, "unentitle" not a word.
• BZ - 1189933 - Grammar issue, "Ok" not a word.
• BZ - 1189946 - Grammar issue, "pre-configure" versus "preconfigure".
• BZ - 1192094 - man page for subscription-manager references "servicelevel" command when it should say "service-level"
• BZ - 1192120 - typos and poor grammar in subscription-manager man page
• BZ - 1192574 - typos and poor grammar in subscription-manager-gui man page
• BZ - 1192646 - typos and poor grammar in rhsm.conf man page
• BZ - 1194453 - typos and poor grammar in rhsmcertd man page
• BZ - 1194468 - typos and poor grammar in rhsm-debug man page
• BZ - 1220283 - [RHSM GUI][RHESM FIRSTBOOT][ja_JP]Overlapped string in System Registration dialog.
• BZ - 1222627 - deletion of JBOSS product certificate is neglected by product-id plugin on running 'yum remove JBOSS-PKG --disablerepo=RHEL-REPO'
• BZ - 1223907 - subscription-manager man page is out of date for the servicelevel module
• BZ - 1235849 - subscription-manager GUI and FIRSTBOOT should allow hosted registration using an activation key
• BZ - 1262989 - If consumer is deleted server side, then 'unregister' runs on client, it fails and doesn't delete certs or cache
• BZ - 1262998 - Attempting to register --consumerid=DELETED_CONSUMER tells you to use --refresh that doesn't exist.
• BZ - 1265904 - 'requres --auto' is missing in help message for attach --servicelevel
• BZ - 1271158 - Failed to delete the host or hypervisor from stage candlepin by web UI
• BZ - 1272203 - When the value of manage_repos is blank, the output of 'repos --list' is not reasonable.
• BZ - 1282961 - Plugin "search-disabled-repos" requires API 2.7. Supported API is 2.6.
• BZ - 1284120 - Traceback "KeyError: 'rules-version'" is thrown when calling subscription-manager version
• BZ - 1284683 - python-rhsm entitlement certificate path checking does not account for listing files
• BZ - 1285004 - subscription-manager remove --pool throws: Runtime Error Could not find resource for relative of full path
• BZ - 1287197 - Rebase RHSM components to the latest upstream master for RHEL 6.8
• BZ - 1288626 - list of "Serial numbers unsuccessfully removed at the server:" is reporting poolIds rather than serials
• BZ - 1290885 - subscription-manager-gui --help warnings and traceback
• BZ - 1292013 - Firstboot : Unhandled Exception Message when you try to register the system via proxy
• BZ - 1292038 - GtkWarning: when subscription-manager gui is launched
• BZ - 1297313 - "Repository details" section does not resize correctly
• BZ - 1297337 - The new default server url "subscription.rhsm.redhat.com" is not provided after clicking "default" button on gui
• BZ - 1298327 - Status Cache not used when listing repos with a bad proxy
• BZ - 1298586 - When you try to remove a pool that is not found no message/feedback is thrown to the user
• BZ - 1299631 - subscription-manager-migration-data for RHEL6.8 needs RHEL6.8 BETA product certs
• BZ - 1300259 - Text overlaps with the service-level list on 'select service level' window of sub-man-gui
• BZ - 1300766 - subscription-manager-migration-data for RHEL6.8 needs RHEL6.8 Release product certs
• BZ - 1300791 - cosmetic fix to the .TH titles in subscription-manager man pages
• BZ - 1300805 - ppc64 kvm guests do not collect a virt.uuid fact.
• BZ - 1300816 - ppc64 systems do not collect cpuinfo 'platform' field that indicates virt.
• BZ - 1300848 - RHN channels to product cert maps for "rhel-x86_64-rhev-mgmt-agent-7*" disappeared
• BZ - 1302564 - When system is subscribed in firstboot, the 'Done' info is not located properly.
• BZ - 1302775 - RHEL6-17112 - RHSM : Firstboot - Verify if user can navigate thro firstboot pages
• BZ - 1303092 - GTK warnings when help/manage repositories are launched in GUI
• BZ - 1303768 - Zanata translations for subscription-manager 1.16 are not 100%
• BZ - 1304280 - <Tab> key doesn't go to "Cancel" button on contract selection window
• BZ - 1305695 - Red Hat 6.8 Beta product certs have changed upstream
• BZ - 1308732 - subscription-manager system fact virt.uuid: Unknown is reported on physical systems
• BZ - 1309553 - Failed to register with consumer id against SAM1.4
• BZ - 1311935 - Unhandled exception on firstboot registration screen when tried to "Forward" with out giving the account details
• BZ - 1312367 - GUI : Trying to override the repo on a system with no network , "Updating Repository overrides" progress bar runs continuosly
• BZ - 1313631 - Traceback when registering by subscription-manager-gui to Satellite6 org containing one environment
• BZ - 1315859 - subscription-manager-firstboot panel provides redundant Proxy Configuration tool

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.8_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.8_Technical_Notes/index.html