Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHEA-2016:0836 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

yum bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An update for yum is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical 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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • 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 for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1211390 - yum does not work consistently with RPMs with '0:' in the name
  • BZ - 1225481 - traceback with error: PCDATA invalid Char value 27
  • BZ - 1293363 - yum needs ftp_disable_epsv option

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca
i386
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
i386
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
i386
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
s390x
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
ppc64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca
i386
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
x86_64
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca
i386
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f8f3b8add4723244223e8dc7df9d2d53877229e35dce215277d4e6b8453f654
s390x
yum-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a8162da714ce05b97ce3679638bc9d1a490141ec979163662f97ec2afa516bbb
yum-cron-3.2.29-73.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 75eaf93ec36ce48d21432072d8e9fce7141e4c861424f9ba8451ccd9a315b8ca

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