RHBA-2016:1040 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cockpit packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Description

Cockpit is a server administration interface that makes it easy to administer GNU/Linux servers through a web browser.

The cockpit packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.103, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Most notable changes are:

• When Cockpit fails to connect to a host, relevant SSH command or host details are now displayed to help resolve the issue.
• Docker restart policy can now be configured when starting a new container.
• Creating logical volumes has been combined into a single dialog.
• Joining IPA domains no longer offers a "Computer OU" option.
• Binary journal data is now displayed correctly.
• Disk or file system sizes are displayed using IEC names, such as "MiB".
• Logical volumes can no longer be shrunk and the file system partition dialog prevents negative sizes.
• Strict Content-Security-Policy is implemented on most of Cockpit to prevent a number of browser based attacks.
• Numerous other bug fixes and admin interface improvements.

(BZ#1327780)

Users of cockpit 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 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1327780 - Rebase Cockpit in RHEL Extras 7.2.4

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal