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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2017:1013 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2017-04-18
Updated:
2017-07-17

RHEA-2017:1013 - Product Enhancement Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

ovirt-guest-agent bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated ovirt-guest-agent packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The ovirt-guest-agent allows the Red Hat Virtualization Manager to receive internal guest events and retrieve information such as the IP address and list of installed applications from the guest. Additionally the guest agent allows the Manager to execute specific commands, such as shut down or reboot, on guest virtual machines.

Changes to the ovirt-guest-agent component:

  • File conflicts, as a result of package renaming, caused direct upgrades of debuginfo from version 1.0.12 and earlier to a later version to fail due to duplicate files in the same location.

The workaround for this problem is to manually uninstall the previous version of the debuginfo package before an installation or upgrade of the newer ovirt-guest-agent packages, such as:

# yum remove rhevm-guest-agent-debuginfo

This workaround does not introduce any limitations and is simple to execute for users of the debuginfo packages. (BZ#1442254)

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/2974891

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 Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1382057 - Rebase to upstream ovirt-guest-agent 1.0.13 for RHEV 4.1 (RHEL6)
  • BZ - 1442254 - update of ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo fails due to confict with installed rhevm-guest-agent-debuginfo (el6 only)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: daa45473f1cb0cdab72e1d730c3f146a20abc5be784d0aeb3e2469ebd9268beb
x86_64
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02bcab15fcc44f08c0efe23a219c7e23c3661e2e2552d0e076a72f9645c75356
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d11d2d8e4907717cfc30eea05be9704d7f4eacd52cb3f8e154e511342ef7a
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdb6f3ae35c3353e1c4318463e9ef903ee7794470d083a5031da98634aa3a237
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e45cc6d3efa0f7c8203b7da2f6a63bf5e867aceaea5d2907f1ae227ded5ec146
i386
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01a4fff52f79f07d52eb90b907d57b13e9f618cb79ab617767cb4cb04ad10551
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f2d8f9187908da86c276081883e665e2f006161858fa99bb947939e524888bcb
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6d7873aa47072f3531692eba9c9420baa55724e4d4fdec7f43b3c707bcf927ce
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8036f0b4480a0da8e46537b2cf7a993b66aa1a60c080024bd95d30bd136a6ced

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: daa45473f1cb0cdab72e1d730c3f146a20abc5be784d0aeb3e2469ebd9268beb
x86_64
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02bcab15fcc44f08c0efe23a219c7e23c3661e2e2552d0e076a72f9645c75356
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d11d2d8e4907717cfc30eea05be9704d7f4eacd52cb3f8e154e511342ef7a
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdb6f3ae35c3353e1c4318463e9ef903ee7794470d083a5031da98634aa3a237
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e45cc6d3efa0f7c8203b7da2f6a63bf5e867aceaea5d2907f1ae227ded5ec146
i386
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01a4fff52f79f07d52eb90b907d57b13e9f618cb79ab617767cb4cb04ad10551
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f2d8f9187908da86c276081883e665e2f006161858fa99bb947939e524888bcb
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6d7873aa47072f3531692eba9c9420baa55724e4d4fdec7f43b3c707bcf927ce
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8036f0b4480a0da8e46537b2cf7a993b66aa1a60c080024bd95d30bd136a6ced

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: daa45473f1cb0cdab72e1d730c3f146a20abc5be784d0aeb3e2469ebd9268beb
x86_64
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02bcab15fcc44f08c0efe23a219c7e23c3661e2e2552d0e076a72f9645c75356
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 810d11d2d8e4907717cfc30eea05be9704d7f4eacd52cb3f8e154e511342ef7a
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdb6f3ae35c3353e1c4318463e9ef903ee7794470d083a5031da98634aa3a237
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e45cc6d3efa0f7c8203b7da2f6a63bf5e867aceaea5d2907f1ae227ded5ec146
i386
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bc5f3120a719d40c0e168eccf0fd144a7e7dbf80bef92cf76cab06551b8fff68
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01a4fff52f79f07d52eb90b907d57b13e9f618cb79ab617767cb4cb04ad10551
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f2d8f9187908da86c276081883e665e2f006161858fa99bb947939e524888bcb
ovirt-guest-agent-kdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6d7873aa47072f3531692eba9c9420baa55724e4d4fdec7f43b3c707bcf927ce
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8036f0b4480a0da8e46537b2cf7a993b66aa1a60c080024bd95d30bd136a6ced

Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el7ev.src.rpm SHA-256: c4affaec9d737284a3fcfab38e90029bfbcd4a9a2f63c018dcb04631500d888a
x86_64
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 096b02f8e867fd69dca6867b26eb3927097051690ff2d98873e3bee8c14e188e
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el7ev.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 29739f5c8e8329ef69e9d8a9465d06d300e4a52c4e9103812aca4db95db657c7
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2e198f51599eb15a9c101a478c682ac480f1afd3ccb4606117de3e732614563c
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el7ev.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53de68fe41a727e7cf474a87d25b9026e8b6e5fe2014e52cb3b47581a5c927f8

Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el7ev.src.rpm SHA-256: c4affaec9d737284a3fcfab38e90029bfbcd4a9a2f63c018dcb04631500d888a
ppc64le
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 096b02f8e867fd69dca6867b26eb3927097051690ff2d98873e3bee8c14e188e
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el7ev.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2d22bf41df7931abb0e113d5336afbea5c1970429bd41bab1f909cdd22c67edb
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2e198f51599eb15a9c101a478c682ac480f1afd3ccb4606117de3e732614563c
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el7ev.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 67d6008eb212b81a3ae319de5464ff98bc620865cc35783e1a49b57d6649b207

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.13-5.el7ev.src.rpm SHA-256: c4affaec9d737284a3fcfab38e90029bfbcd4a9a2f63c018dcb04631500d888a
ppc64le
ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 096b02f8e867fd69dca6867b26eb3927097051690ff2d98873e3bee8c14e188e
ovirt-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.0.13-5.el7ev.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2d22bf41df7931abb0e113d5336afbea5c1970429bd41bab1f909cdd22c67edb
ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin-1.0.13-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2e198f51599eb15a9c101a478c682ac480f1afd3ccb4606117de3e732614563c
ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module-1.0.13-5.el7ev.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 67d6008eb212b81a3ae319de5464ff98bc620865cc35783e1a49b57d6649b207

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