RHBA-2017:0411 - 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 131, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Most notable changes are:

• Support has been added for configuring kdump kernel crash dumping.
• Cockpit now respects /etc/shells and prevents login when the user has an invalid shell.
• There is a new 'LoginTo' option in cockpit.conf to toggle the ability to log in to other servers.
• Additional fixes occurred on the Networking page to better validate input and detect non-standard to network configurations.

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

Fixes

• BZ - 1365372 - User prompt displays out of screen when hovering on the add button of Authorized Public SSH Keys in cockpit
• BZ - 1412036 - Button's hint displays out of window when mouse hover on in cockpit.
• BZ - 1418840 - Rebase Cockpit in RHEL Extras 7.3.3
• BZ - 1419718 - Rename cockpit-shell to cockpit-system
• BZ - 1422181 - Show SELinux policy options even if setroubleshoot isn't installed
• BZ - 1422184 - List heading too large

CVEs

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References

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