Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0812 - python-urlgrabber bug fix update

Synopsis

python-urlgrabber bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated python-urlgrabber package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The python-urlgrabber package provides urlgrabber, a high-level url-fetching package for the Python programming language and a corresponding utility of the same name. The urlgrabber package allows Python scripts to fetch data using the HTTP and FTP protocols, as well as from a local file system.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to changes to the curl packages that enabled the use of Network Security Services (NSS) by default, urlgrabber may have been unable to retrieve remote data. Consequent to this, an attempt to download repository data using the Yum package manager could fail with the "HTTP 403" status code. This update adapts urlgrabber to retain the compatibility with the curl packages, so that the applications that use this package (including Yum) can retrieve remote data as expected. (BZ#695747)

All users of python-urlgrabber are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-8.el6.noarch.rpm
  • python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-8.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information