Synopsis

Red Hat Satellite Proxy server spacewalk-backend bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-backend package that delivers a configuration setting to relax whitespace enforcement in the HTTPD running on the Proxy server.

Description

Red Hat Satellite Proxy is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, monitoring, and remote management of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool. The spacewalk-backend packages contain the code for the python code that manages the server side of the client-to-satellite-server communication paths.

This update fixes the following issue:

• When the fix for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1412974, CVE-2016-8743, is released and applied, httpd will strictly enforce whitespace constraints on incoming HTTP requests. A previous release of the yum-rhn-plugin for Satellite clients contains a bug that results in that new httpd service rejecting requests coming from such clients. In order to avoid breaking yum-communication between a Proxy instance and its clients, this update puts in place a configuration option that is recognized only by the newer versions of httpd, which relaxes the whitespace-processing to its existing state.
  

The erratum releases the spacewalk-backend with the configuration change for the following Proxy versions:

• 5.7 (BZ#1430870)
  
• 5.6 (BZ#1430875)
  
• 5.5 (BZ#1430877)
  
• 5.4 (BZ#1430878)
  

All users of Red Hat Satellite Proxy are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which addresses this issue.

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 Satellite Proxy 5.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.7 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 5 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 5 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 5 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.7

SRPM
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 380d35b6120ca81049f2ee0b6708cdd75877a14a203ec6fce53fe9ebc49ac9a0
spacewalk-backend-2.3.3-48.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 558d465c2b92832a26b55343c5c39e8a2ccae5075873a34084625614f5c36bce
x86_64
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 48c8a7f8a523c5bffbf651cb50d780ad013a71e7ecc32aa56729367e3445619c
spacewalk-backend-2.3.3-48.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 383a68eb7280219b0ae2c30b0fb3ad36adfdd96b9332c04f8dc03b71a7ad8a98
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.3.3-48.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0b74ff2eca2886b3f27fdf516670adf2deeaa4631813b636761838765f79c10c
s390x
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 4d253d821bf7ce439a3529441de431aaf6eda73854245b8c3d66b71c8eacae0a
spacewalk-backend-2.3.3-48.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 383a68eb7280219b0ae2c30b0fb3ad36adfdd96b9332c04f8dc03b71a7ad8a98
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.3.3-48.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 0b74ff2eca2886b3f27fdf516670adf2deeaa4631813b636761838765f79c10c

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 6

SRPM
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 380d35b6120ca81049f2ee0b6708cdd75877a14a203ec6fce53fe9ebc49ac9a0
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: e6101e944ef6383bc2dbf6e92d3c291c47e353a9bf128f0b547690ab0ac1ddac
x86_64
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 48c8a7f8a523c5bffbf651cb50d780ad013a71e7ecc32aa56729367e3445619c
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 92e7d933b5b9ed4928a4227bbaedee998241e4630d087c781decc067ac084bd1
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-44.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 132ef4186251787ba4db2522eb2654589ddfde09377af461f41aef797bc7584a
s390x
pyliblzma-0.5.3-14.el6sat.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 4d253d821bf7ce439a3529441de431aaf6eda73854245b8c3d66b71c8eacae0a
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 92e7d933b5b9ed4928a4227bbaedee998241e4630d087c781decc067ac084bd1
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-44.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 132ef4186251787ba4db2522eb2654589ddfde09377af461f41aef797bc7584a

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 5

SRPM
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: b240201aae89b5523aed03132b5adb58d21c7f95172b9a05b00e67942bc57139
x86_64
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 79d785b96a8cb46912e775215df66663f8ae38ef2917c267f8af7ce3d9bb6052
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-44.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7834eb6e3e5c1d768c2b5c50daab57d9d4077c0a0a8bdf5748ba8f2e301d7774
s390x
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-44.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 79d785b96a8cb46912e775215df66663f8ae38ef2917c267f8af7ce3d9bb6052
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-44.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 7834eb6e3e5c1d768c2b5c50daab57d9d4077c0a0a8bdf5748ba8f2e301d7774

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 6

SRPM
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8f5eece4c5f7926c7f785ebcdda5b3e776c9213e20a4d04a487e7563d0ab08f9
x86_64
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3a2f29c0229b54eab8a61cae75f51b2d77215a12f6a148e5d39e8101d40875ea
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 676f2f51096350d884660847cfe95c3ac6ffebc1123a80a3ac7d342fcbb7fb0f
s390x
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 3a2f29c0229b54eab8a61cae75f51b2d77215a12f6a148e5d39e8101d40875ea
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38-56.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 676f2f51096350d884660847cfe95c3ac6ffebc1123a80a3ac7d342fcbb7fb0f

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.5 for RHEL 5

SRPM
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9cff859bd7e2799fb189c106b06fdbb1c1d97ad7b6bec02cf914481e8ecbd51b
x86_64
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: c8c2885b7914caf7b2d4e732b049e97569a313cbb95f4179ae91cbab4c25622d
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38-56.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 27305c97ace7a20faa2133c54742057dc046aec0c3dea89bb441cb7076b2cb90
s390x
spacewalk-backend-1.7.38-56.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: c8c2885b7914caf7b2d4e732b049e97569a313cbb95f4179ae91cbab4c25622d
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38-56.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 27305c97ace7a20faa2133c54742057dc046aec0c3dea89bb441cb7076b2cb90

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 6

SRPM
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el6sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: ea54b358dbef169af413b0b3bcaf06179495a846892b0241377e3ffa3045d758
x86_64
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 515f5cbe4fd0c5221cdf235ded9c2532f5afce3ecf19de107616646a75460d61
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-84.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: a1dbcfc89650cc7fa48009e47fc63b8554e8143ad5bcd03d05388d09c86c5a35
s390x
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 515f5cbe4fd0c5221cdf235ded9c2532f5afce3ecf19de107616646a75460d61
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-84.el6sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: a1dbcfc89650cc7fa48009e47fc63b8554e8143ad5bcd03d05388d09c86c5a35

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 for RHEL 5

SRPM
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el5sat.src.rpm	SHA-256: 32c6597d33581295c62c803ed63cc239799d2577c73aaebd16e21ae92e92b555
x86_64
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e1405deb2acebed17044b25d4a34637875dfcafcfb916f05bccc11a890c6952f
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 4bd6d76f35644571ac45428dc8faee8aad5283740e1f26d2837844881a14505b
s390x
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e1405deb2acebed17044b25d4a34637875dfcafcfb916f05bccc11a890c6952f
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 4bd6d76f35644571ac45428dc8faee8aad5283740e1f26d2837844881a14505b
i386
spacewalk-backend-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e1405deb2acebed17044b25d4a34637875dfcafcfb916f05bccc11a890c6952f
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.2.13-84.el5sat.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 4bd6d76f35644571ac45428dc8faee8aad5283740e1f26d2837844881a14505b