Issued:

2011-09-12

Updated:

2011-09-12

RHBA-2011:1281 - yum-rhn-plugin bug fix update

Synopsis

yum-rhn-plugin bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated yum-rhn-plugin package that fixes three bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The yum-rhn-plugin package provides a plug-in that allows Yum to access a Red Hat Network server for software updates.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When a user attempted to run the rhn_check utility with no additional command line options, the package installation failed with no error reported to the user and the following error message was logged on the server:

  Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]]

This update adapts the underlying source code to ensure the command line options are handled correctly, and the rhn_check utility now works as expected. (BZ#736058)

• Previously, running the pirut package manager with no command line options rendered it unable to access repositories provided by Red Hat Network or Red Hat Network Satellite. This was caused by an error in the yum-rhn-plugin package. With this update, this error has been fixed, and pirut no longer fails to access these repositories. (BZ#736060)

• Due to an error in the option parsing algorithm, the Package Manager incorrectly prompted the user to register the system with Red Hat Network every time it was started. With this update, the relevant part of the source code has been corrected, and the Package Manager no longer prompts users to register already registered systems. (BZ#736250)

All users of yum-rhn-plugin are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5_7.2.src.rpm
• yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5_7.2.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 736250

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.