RHBA-2012:0752 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages that fix several bugs and
add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages provide programs and libraries
that allow a system to receive software updates from Red Hat Network or Red Hat
Network Satellite.

These updated rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin packages include numerous bug
fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this
advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes
for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/rhn-client-tools_and_yum-rhn-plugin.html#RHBA-2012-0752

All users of rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

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/knowledge/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 x86_64
• 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 (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 - 569790 - Send IPv6 address of network interfaces to rhnParent
• BZ - 729342 - 'SSLCertificateVerifyFailedError' object has no attribute 'errmsg' in case the server's SSL certificate validation failed
• BZ - 735339 - The rhnplugin.repos file is not wiped when system channels are unassigned
• BZ - 735346 - Typo in the log message
• BZ - 746983 - rhn-channel traceback with abuse of service
• BZ - 748876 - rhnreg_ks accepts relative path to SSL Cert but also writes relative path to /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
• BZ - 749281 - <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'
• BZ - 751292 - Bug in rhnplugin.conf RHEL 6.2
• BZ - 767679 - RFE: support IPv6 in rhn-client-tools
• BZ - 771167 - rhn-register GUI won't check for invalid login/password combination
• BZ - 772070 - [RFE] Subscription-manager UI redesign (in firstboot)
• BZ - 799926 - firstboot is not skipping login screen for already registered systems
• BZ - 817567 - rhn_check does not correctly report the result of attempting to update an already updated package

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/rhn-client-tools_and_yum-rhn-plugin.html#RHBA-2012-0752