RHBA-2017:0197 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated Satellite 6.2 packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The API has been enhanced to expose ENC information and content_source_id. (BZ#1362372, BZ#1390153)
• The hammer-csv command has been improved based on user feedback, and enhanced to support activation keys with Virtual Datacenter subscriptions. (BZ#1374072, BZ#1394218, BZ#1405134, BZ#1281346, BZ#1400101)
• Several errors in the installer have been fixed. (BZ#1386919, BZ#1394970, BZ#1375697, BZ#1163452)
• Several errors in the upgrade process have been fixed. (BZ#1394177, BZ#1410783, BZ#1389558, BZ#1364980, BZ#1368085, BZ#1354623, BZ#1406900, BZ#1356714, BZ#1412486)
• Several performance improvements have been made in the application. (BZ#1399877, BZ#1392550, BZ#1396642, BZ#1383436, BZ#1388631)
• Remote Execution against many hosts was causing errors to appear. This case is now handled correctly. (BZ#1367606, BZ#1372708)
• Content Syncing and promotion bugs are addressed in this release. (BZ#1355858, BZ#1327212, BZ#1328092)
• Subscription views and processing have been improved. (BZ#1180573, BZ#1397467, BZ#1367851, BZ#1400101, BZ#1400697)
• Several fixes to Smart Class parameters have been addressed. (BZ#1393773, BZ#1391556, BZ#1334514)
• Documentation links and information about the running Satellite have been improved. (BZ#1368230)
• Two search bugs have been fixed. (BZ#1372069, BZ#1372757)

Users of Red Hat Satellite 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.

To update this system to include these fixes, ensure your system has access to the latest Red Hat packages. For instructions on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Then re-run the installer to complete the upgrade:

# satellite-installer --scenario satellite --upgrade

or

# satellite-installer --scenario capsule --upgrade

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.2 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.2 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1163452 - puppet requests blocking UI
• BZ - 1180573 - Content dashboard has wrong links to [Invalid|Insufficient|Current] Subscriptions
• BZ - 1281346 - hammer host create --help page should include more details with reference to the network interfaces specifications.
• BZ - 1315820 - Provide separate puppet module for Insights to use on Capsules
• BZ - 1328092 - Unable to sync authenticated repositories while using HTTP proxy - RPM1004: Error retrieving metadata: Not found
• BZ - 1334514 - Cannot save smart parameter bookmarks
• BZ - 1355858 - Content view publish fails during distributor publish
• BZ - 1357866 - Helper rake tasks not fully updated for Host Unification and Scoped search
• BZ - 1364980 - upgrade does not remove gutterball tomcat web application
• BZ - 1367851 - Satellite is failing to enable EUS repositories for Resilient Storage for RHEL 5 and 6
• BZ - 1368230 - Documentation Button does not direct to topic specific page
• BZ - 1372069 - [BUG] Searches with global parameters not working as expected
• BZ - 1372708 - dynflow may not start with many tasks in pending state, may segfault
• BZ - 1372757 - ERROR: invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "smart_proxies"
• BZ - 1374072 - hammer csv can't import activation keys with multiple guest vdc subscriptions
• BZ - 1375697 - Capsule Installer does not honor virtual fqdn in load-balance scenario
• BZ - 1381589 - for RHEL6, rubygem-foreman_scap_client depends on openscap-utils instead of openscap-scanner only
• BZ - 1383436 - virt-who is flooding the task list of Satellite 6
• BZ - 1385177 - katello-clean-empty-puppet-environments cron.weekly job needs to hide errors when trying to delete non-existent folders
• BZ - 1388631 - Enable Process Recycling for Pulp Worker Processes
• BZ - 1389558 - unify_hosts.rake requires mac addresses to fully work
• BZ - 1390153 - /api/v2/hosts/:id does not expose content_source_id
• BZ - 1392513 - Non-admin users can't edit their own profiles
• BZ - 1392550 - Host Edit screen takes 2-5 minutes to load depending on # of vmware hosts
• BZ - 1393773 - Smart Classes view as non admin freeze
• BZ - 1394177 - Update to 6.2.4 does relabel /var/lib/pulp
• BZ - 1394218 - "hammer csv content-hosts --export" fails with "Error: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass" if any host doesn't have a valid subscription
• BZ - 1394970 - event_queue bombs with traceback on EL6
• BZ - 1396642 - It takes more than 12 minutes to load an edit Organization page for an Org with large number of hosts
• BZ - 1396662 - bootstrap.py --remove fails to execute with error "global name 'put_json' is not defined"
• BZ - 1397467 - Expose PUT /rhsm to user credentials so facts may be updated in candlepin
• BZ - 1397542 - VDC guest subscriptions showing as null in activation key
• BZ - 1399877 - Improve ListenOnCandlepinEvents throughput
• BZ - 1400588 - [RFE] Hammer commands need means for extending help with additional information
• BZ - 1400697 - use /rhsm api to update content host facts
• BZ - 1406011 - content-hosts export only writes one page worth of data, missing full_results:true
• BZ - 1406900 - After Satellite 6 upgrade from 6.1 -> 6.2 Content View loses puppet modules
• BZ - 1410783 - [Upgrade] database removal failed: ERROR: database "gutterball" is being accessed by other users
• BZ - 1412486 - Katello::<Unit type>.import_all function breaks repository association after upgrading satellite or running reindex rake task

CVEs

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References

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