Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:3279 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3279 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

yum bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for yum is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Yum is a command-line utility that allows the user to check for updates and automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Yum automatically obtains and downloads dependencies, prompting the user for permission as necessary.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of yum are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1477574 - RHEL 7.3 -> 7.4 / rdma-core update pulls in 32-bit pkgs on 64-bit
  • BZ - 1481220 - [RFE] Request to add a smart check for "yum clean all" command (in RHEL 7.4) for the disabled repositories before displaying warning message
  • BZ - 1509831 - Man page for yum.conf recommends multiple baseurl entries on separate line

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
s390x
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
s390x
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
aarch64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
s390x
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dd39e21e50a4e54dde6ee3bb65db6911f8049a970eb931624b0199c62b7086f8
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7b479d7780617334eb16dec5477bdd9d5fbba69c042bf4d07f8de2f639ce16b3
yum-cron-3.4.3-161.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fdee24c114d41c723ff09f319634abbafdf179eb26f0ed55d4bb9210146926b0

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