RHBA-2017:3444 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-backend, spacewalk-schema, and satellite-schema packages that fix four bugs are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. 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 bugs:

• Creating a new kickstart file and leaving the URL in the default state sometimes caused the media path in the Cobbler profile to be incorrectly set. Consequently, downloading PXE images from Cobbler failed. This behavior has been corrected. (BZ#1485010)
• Prior to this update it was not possible to subscribe to the RHEL 7.3 EUS channel for systems subscribed to RHEL 7.2 EUS. (BZ#1509345)
• During Inter Satellite Sync (ISS) of Kickstart files to a slave Satellite, cdn-sync inserts a SHA256 checksum for each file. However, the slave Satellite could only parse an MD5 checksum from an XML export, any other checksum was ignored and the sync failed with a database dependent error message. For an Oracle database, "SYNC ERROR: unhandled exception occurred" was displayed. For a PostgreSQL database, "ERROR: Encountered IntegrityError" was displayed. (BZ#1509348)
• Minor improvements to the schema upgrade and the schema population process have been made. (BZ#1509351)
• The PostgreSQL fix for BZ#1458880 "DEADLOCK: reactivation-key, snapshot_server(), register/delete" was not complete in the previous erratum. This update completes the fix. (BZ#1511563)

All users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Application of this errata involves updating the database schema.

For general instructions on the database schema upgrade, consult the following document first: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/273633

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To apply this erratum, take the following steps:

• Shut down Red Hat Satellite by running the following command as root:

rhn-satellite stop

• Backup the database. For embedded or managed database variants, please consult Red Hat Satellite 5.6 documentation. For an external database, consult your database administrator.
• Upgrade the errata packages. Details on how to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
• Update the database schema using the spacewalk-schema-upgrade command. To do so, run as root:

spacewalk-schema-upgrade

This process will update your database schema to the latest version. The spacewalk-schema-upgrade command will inform you about the results of the upgrade and exact locations of schema upgrade log files.

• Restart Red Hat Satellite by running the following as root:

rhn-satellite start

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1485010 - media_path incorrect set on Cobbler profile creation
• BZ - 1490379 - latest spacewalk-schema and upgraded satellite-schema are different
• BZ - 1509345 - [5.6] For a system subscribed to RHEL 7.2 EUS, Satellite 5 does not provide option to subscribe system to RHEL 7.3 EUS base channel
• BZ - 1509348 - [5.6] Different error message during ISS syncing for oracle and postgresql
• BZ - 1511563 - [5.6] DEADLOCK: reactivation-key, snapshot_server(), register/delete POSTGRESQL fix was not shipped complete

CVEs

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References

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