RHEA-2011:0611 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

New subscription-manager packages that provide GUI and command line tools for
the new Subscription Manager system are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.

Description

The new Subscription Management tooling will allow users to understand the
specific products which have been installed on their machines, and the specific
subscriptions which their machines are consuming.

This enhancement update adds new subscription-manager packages to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#567635)

All users should install these newly-released packages, which add this
enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 584510 - subscription-manager-gui: GTK redraw function should be called during long operations
• BZ - 587753 - subscription-manager shouldn't use an ssl peer cert on register
• BZ - 591073 - SM GUI : Multiple click “Register System “ button launch multiple box for register.
• BZ - 591247 - cli and gui have different date formats
• BZ - 595723 - Not able to unsubscribe multiple product at a time
• BZ - 596136 - more than a single instance of the rhsmcertd service can run
• BZ - 597210 - Multiple entitlement Subscribe process got terminated at the point of already subscribed pool.
• BZ - 601373 - change product help , product id reference
• BZ - 601848 - extra copies of entitlement cert created by rhsm daemon
• BZ - 602258 - Please update the subscription-manager cli / gui with the proper verbage for Products
• BZ - 602260 - "No JSON object could be decoded" is not descriptive enough
• BZ - 602702 - subscription-manager does not register under latest RHEL 6 builds
• BZ - 603074 - Text cut off in the Registration Settings dialog
• BZ - 605351 - Any options of subscribing to a product via subscription-manager should be removed
• BZ - 606787 - Not able to find contract number for subscribed product in SM GUI
• BZ - 607105 - Not able to unsubscribe using serial number displayed in consumed list
• BZ - 607115 - “subscription-manager-cli list “ command display wrong info
• BZ - 607136 - SMGUI : “Subscription compatible with system” tab is overlapped with Other tab contents
• BZ - 607162 - (FAIL)Testcase : 256969 register to Candlepin, then muck with your identity certs (for fun and profit)
• BZ - 609126 - Process of Multiple pool subscription getting failed if we use combination of valid and invalid pool id.
• BZ - 612250 - subscription-manager cli needs to handle long product names
• BZ - 612570 - rhsm.log displays incorrect message while unregister
• BZ - 612730 - inconsistent punctuation when listing available entitlements
• BZ - 613003 - Facts.json error
• BZ - 613635 - “connection.UEPConnection instance “ displays while availability check
• BZ - 613650 - typo/grammar in output from subscription-manager-cli --help commands
• BZ - 614015 - Request for consistency in subscription-manager-cli list keys
• BZ - 614453 - duplicate results appear in the Installed Product Status listing
• BZ - 615357 - subscription-manager-cli need and additional option to list ALL available products
• BZ - 616137 - subscription-manager-cli register --autosubscribe is not getting an entitlement dropped
• BZ - 616906 - new consumer certs not being created when they should be
• BZ - 617303 - need to disable the candlepin ca cert verification for QE testing until we have a DEV ca cert
• BZ - 617703 - the rhsmcertd is logging "update failed (1), retry in 10 minutes"
• BZ - 618819 - subscription-manager-gui will not start if invalid identity certs are on the system
• BZ - 621128 - “consumed list “ does not displayed subscribed product
• BZ - 621130 - Trace back recorded in rhsm log if try to register with invalid cert or without cert
• BZ - 621962 - Unsubscribe does not delete entitlement cert from location /etc/pki/entitlement/product for consumer type candlepin
• BZ - 622839 - extraneous user hash code appears in stdout after executing list --available
• BZ - 623448 - subscription-manager rpm should include the property and dir for secure mode
• BZ - 624025 - subscription-manager-cli unregister is throwing a traceback - regression
• BZ - 624757 - unable to register to hosted candlepin1 w/ secure mode
• BZ - 624794 - Registering to an existing consumer id does not use basic auth
• BZ - 624816 - Quantity of -1 should be shown as "Unlimited"
• BZ - 627681 - subscription-manager-cli reregister needs an informative stdout when the specified username is ignored
• BZ - 627707 - "Update facts" button won't recreate facts.json file
• BZ - 627865 - Not able to find “facts” folder at location /etc/rhsm/ for custom facts update
• BZ - 627915 - sm: private key in rhsm.log
• BZ - 628051 - After unregister from candlepin server, can't register
• BZ - 628070 - Can't unsubscribe from locally-managed subscriptions
• BZ - 628675 - Registration Settings panel, Close button needs to be moved
• BZ - 629670 - Support warning periods on entitlements in the compliance icon
• BZ - 629735 - insecure=1 option in rhsm.conf no longer works
• BZ - 631472 - Using window close button to close registration panel breaks GUI
• BZ - 631537 - Unsubscribe / Resubscribe does not refresh the UI
• BZ - 632256 - Close button on firstboot panel should not be there
• BZ - 632607 - Bad pluralization in compliance text in sm-gui
• BZ - 633408 - firstboot - does not allow managing subscriptions locally
• BZ - 633438 - Empty confirmation dialog when unsubscribing from some products
• BZ - 633492 - unsubscribe still shows product in the main panel
• BZ - 633514 - subscription-manager-cli subscribe w/ --regtoken is not displaying feedback from hosted
• BZ - 634254 - request for a --installed option to subscription-manager-cli list module
• BZ - 635020 - regression in rhsmcertd
• BZ - 635844 - No JSON object could be decoded... when trying to register as admin
• BZ - 639320 - Entitlement Certificate with serial number 57,867,160,117,995 could not be found.
• BZ - 639409 - Term "Product" is used in 2 column headings, data in those columns are not the same
• BZ - 641037 - Firstboot Issues With No Networking Configured
• BZ - 642669 - firstboot Setup Software Updates panel should not be offered when the Red Hat Entitlement Service is chosen
• BZ - 643405 - subscribing a person to RHEL Personal gives: No product information in certificate: 1128715095485971
• BZ - 643931 - Main panel still focusable/raisable when facts panel is showing
• BZ - 645115 - entitlement/product directory confuses the all of us
• BZ - 645883 - repo_ca_cert in rhsm.conf should make use of ca_cert_dir
• BZ - 646451 - Apply Process is not getting time out for non network host (SM gui)
• BZ - 646565 - yum repolist all fails after subscribing to a pool On Premises
• BZ - 647891 - request for the consumer name to be included in identity output
• BZ - 648454 - Sm gui not getting refreshed with add button
• BZ - 648652 - Need to unsubscribe from expired pool before being able to subscribe to a new one
• BZ - 648977 - Compliance icon warning message isn't quite right
• BZ - 649068 - Certs with entitlement start date in the future are treated as Expired
• BZ - 650965 - Multiple “sm gui instance ” can be opened in same Workspace
• BZ - 651116 - Firstboot requires license agreement for "do not register" but not for RHN
• BZ - 652214 - Unregister Process deletes “consumer” and “entitlement” folder for non network host
• BZ - 654429 - Facts and Identity commands should be clear when not registered
• BZ - 654430 - Calling register with no username or password should result in clear text
• BZ - 654435 - plugin names should be changed
• BZ - 654442 - pidplugin and rhsmplugin should add to the yum "run with pkgs. list"
• BZ - 656907 - Text in GUI overlaps
• BZ - 656940 - subscription-manager could not be resizes under 1024px horizontally
• BZ - 658683 - additional info would help person consumer to unsubscribe when blocked with "Cannot unbind due to outstanding sub-pool entitlements in ..."
• BZ - 658738 - 'module' object has no attribute 'check_output'
• BZ - 659735 - Pool Refresh Pulse Bar Does Not Handle Errors
• BZ - 659747 - Advanced Networking can write "None" as a value
• BZ - 660102 - sm-gui hangs when Assistive Technologies is enabled
• BZ - 660513 - subscription-manager-gui: missing dependencies
• BZ - 660713 - The start/end dates within the product name space of an entitlement cert is getting its time truncated
• BZ - 661111 - Labels, Texts, and Tables in sm-gui have no handle to be read by automation
• BZ - 661329 - subscription-manager facts should not require registration
• BZ - 661345 - RHSM gets an index out of bounds exception if used against a single subscription
• BZ - 661419 - subscription-manager-gui: no error message when trying to open second instance
• BZ - 661517 - subscription-manager-gui: cannot undo proxy configuration via the gui
• BZ - 661542 - subscription-manager-gui state needs to update when executing modules from the cli
• BZ - 661830 - RHSM gui main window has no border, not resizable, limited movement
• BZ - 661876 - subscription-manager: cannot connect through a proxy that requires auth
• BZ - 662157 - subscription-manager-gui: gui overwrites rhsm.conf file.
• BZ - 662232 - no more need for parameter showIncompatiblePools in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
• BZ - 663038 - ZeroDivisionError: float division occurs in subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 663390 - subscription-manager-gui: unregister locks up gui
• BZ - 663491 - Trying to subscribe to 'RHEL Personal' crashes GUI
• BZ - 663669 - the default rhsm.conf is missing proxy_user and proxy_password parameters
• BZ - 663678 - subscription-manager <MODULE> --help suggestion for --proxy option
• BZ - 663725 - subscription-manager firstboot crashes upon startup
• BZ - 663756 - subscripton-manger-gui: exiting the calendar - usability suggestion
• BZ - 664538 - Error: No module named logutil after installing subscription-manager-0.93.5-1.el6.x86_64
• BZ - 664548 - subscription-manager refresh appears to ignore command line proxy options
• BZ - 664575 - Packages install out of compliance
• BZ - 664581 - subscription-manager clean module needs proxy options? I don't think so.
• BZ - 664603 - subscription-manager subscribe/unsubscribe with proxy options is broken somewhere
• BZ - 664775 - rhsm in firstboot ignores proxy
• BZ - 664779 - firstboot register dialog opens with incorrect size.
• BZ - 665122 - No handlers could be found for logger "rhsm.certificate"
• BZ - 666544 - verify behaviour of subscription-manager facts --list when system is not registered
• BZ - 666942 - Subscription Screen shows SKU instead of contract number.
• BZ - 667788 - subscription-manager-gnome Available Subscriptions versus Total Contracts
• BZ - 667829 - subscription-manager traceback when proxy_hostname and proxy_port are missing from rhsm.conf
• BZ - 667953 - empty facts.json - unable to register client to Candlepin
• BZ - 668006 - Error Handling Bug in Subscription Manager
• BZ - 668032 - rhsm not logging subscriptions and products properly
• BZ - 668048 - subscription-manager-gui "Show subscriptions active on:" is incomplete
• BZ - 668051 - Remove Start Date Column from My Subscriptions
• BZ - 668054 - subscription-manager-gui Contract Selection dialog should be modal
• BZ - 668058 - Remove fuelgage icon
• BZ - 668521 - Subscription search does not clear upon register/unregister in gui
• BZ - 668547 - Error dialog causes traceback and lock up
• BZ - 668572 - Filters do not behave as expected
• BZ - 668581 - "Why is compliance important?" runs outside the window
• BZ - 668796 - new sm-gui is too big in firstboot beta builds
• BZ - 668814 - firstboot and subscription-manager display "network error" on server 500
• BZ - 668936 - facts --list reports incorrect value for virt.is_guest when virt-what throws a non-zero exit code
• BZ - 669208 - register with an empty /var/lib/rhsm/facts/facts.json file throws traceback
• BZ - 669513 - Subscription Manager should create a fact called "system.compliant"
• BZ - 669698 - traceback during register: global name 'socket' is not defined
• BZ - 669753 - Subscription Manager has non-equal .pyc/.pyo files between 32bit and 64-bit multilib peers (embedded timestamps)
• BZ - 670212 - Allow users (and automated tests) to type in dates
• BZ - 670597 - firstboot subscription search bug
• BZ - 670652 - Yum repos not working after subscribing to entitlement beta subpool
• BZ - 670655 - Can't dismiss error dialog when subscribing to personal subscriptions
• BZ - 670823 - if subscribe with regtoken is gone, then it should be removed from cli
• BZ - 670899 - Contract Selection window opens very small
• BZ - 671115 - [abrt] subscription-manager-0.92.9-1.el6: certlib.py:22:<module>:ImportError: No module named config
• BZ - 671246 - Compliance Assistant not doing anything
• BZ - 671508 - Calendar selection tool doesn't open if invalid date entered in text box
• BZ - 671526 - exception in handle_gui_exception on bad auth (401)
• BZ - 671588 - Compliance Assistant incorrectly chooses "personal" pool instead of subpool for best subscription match
• BZ - 672122 - global name 'uep' is not defined causes rhsmcertd update failed (255) to occur sporadically
• BZ - 672438 - register with --autosubscribe fails to bind to Entitlement Beta subpool
• BZ - 672562 - request for subscription-manager list --available --ondate option
• BZ - 672649 - Proxy location has no handler to be read by automation
• BZ - 672939 - Text filter should match provided products, too
• BZ - 672965 - "next update" date isn't localized
• BZ - 672969 - hide search options under an expander
• BZ - 673568 - icon update
• BZ - 673621 - wrong %preun scriplet
• BZ - 674418 - Accessibility handles in for filter check boxes aren't accurate
• BZ - 674691 - regression in the resizeability of the "Compliance Assistant" screen
• BZ - 675777 - Date search field has no accessibility handler.
• BZ - 675812 - Some tracebacks while beating on subscription-manager-gui
• BZ - 675817 - Compliance Assistant needs an Update button for the date
• BZ - 675951 - compliance asst doesn't word wrap label
• BZ - 676017 - Configre the tool to go against production.
• BZ - 676363 - rhsm-compliance-icon has no icon image
• BZ - 676371 - Compliance Assistant closes when you're not done
• BZ - 676377 - rhsm-compliance-icon's status can be a day out of sync
• BZ - 676534 - Got message “unable to read /var/lib/rhsm/facts/facts.json” at first time register to stage
• BZ - 677756 - Compliance Assistant's tables do not have accessibility tags
• BZ - 678003 - When using subscription manager with aproxy, yum should be configured with that same proxy information
• BZ - 678049 - subscription-manager --autosubscribe feedback for "Subscribed to Products:" appears wrong
• BZ - 678151 - [RFE] subscription-manager should support prompting for credentials
• BZ - 678428 - Beta Docs still reference old command line name
• BZ - 679961 - some Subscription Details remain in the gui after unsubscribing
• BZ - 680399 - RFE - cli subscription-manager subscribe module option --auto would be useful
• BZ - 681498 - SystemError: No module exists with the title Entitlement Platform Registration.
• BZ - 681925 - subscription-manager masks SIGPIPE when running virt-what, resulting in errors in shell commands
• BZ - 682311 - rhsm-compliance icon pegs the cpu at 100%
• BZ - 684285 - subscription manager uses svgs which requires a dependency on librsvg2
• BZ - 684647 - [zh_CN][zh_TW][subscription-manager]The product name in menu should be translate.
• BZ - 684666 - [zh_CN][subscription-manager]The title of the page should be totally translated.
• BZ - 684680 - [zh_CN][zh_TW][subscription-manager]The text on UI should be translated
• BZ - 685086 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The time format should be translated
• BZ - 685088 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The "Today" button in calendar should be translated
• BZ - 685092 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The title of the "compliance assistant"page should be totally translated.
• BZ - 685093 - [zh_TW][zh_CN][subscription-manager]The warning windows about network connection should be translated.
• BZ - 685099 - [zh_CN][zh_TW][subscription-manager]The text on compliance assistant UI should be translated
• BZ - 685105 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The text on certificate UI should be translated
• BZ - 685106 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The text on proxy UI should be translated
• BZ - 685108 - [zh_TW][zh_CH][subscription-manager]The warning windows of certificate should be translated.
• BZ - 685145 - rogue dependency on pyOpenSSL
• BZ - 688419 - [ja_JP] GUI translation needs to complete
• BZ - 688425 - [ko_KR] GUI translation needs to complete
• BZ - 688442 - [ALL_EMEA_LANG] GUI translation needs to complete
• BZ - 688469 - subscription-manager <module> --help does not work in localized environment.
• BZ - 688501 - [zh_CN][CLI]Translation of list via ondate=ON_DATE with invalid date format
• BZ - 688503 - [zh_CN][CLI]Translation of list information
• BZ - 688550 - [zh_CN][zh_TW][subscription-manager]WARNING message is not translated after registered system to RHN using RHN classic technology.
• BZ - 688556 - [zh_TW][zh_CN][CLI]Translation of "subscription-manager subscribe" without --pool and --auto option
• BZ - 688592 - Round 2 of Strings from Localization
• BZ - 688821 - [zh_TW][zh_CN][CLI]Translation of identity with --force but without regenerate option
• BZ - 688822 - [ja_JP] Wrong translation of 'has been unregistered'
• BZ - 691137 - "service rhsmcertd start" reports [FAILED] on s390x and ppc64
• BZ - 691784 - Can't unsubscribe from imported cert
• BZ - 691788 - subscription manager installs broken certs
• BZ - 696020 - Cannot see installed subscription
• BZ - 696021 - Ugly error dialogue when inputting invalid combination of username and password
• BZ - 700313 - Cannot proceed with activating in Subscription Manager firstboot

CVEs

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References

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