Issued:
2012-02-21
Updated:
2012-02-21

RHBA-2012:0148 - subscription-manager bug fix update

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The subscription-manager package provides programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat Entitlement platform.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, subscription management does not support software channels for 64-bit PowerPC architectures. Therefore, the "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility did not work on these architectures, and users were not able to migrate their systems to the Certificate-based Red Hat Network (RHN). With this update, the "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility has been modified to use the supported PowerPC product certificates instead. Systems installed on 64-bit PowerPC architectures can now be migrated properly from Classic RHN to Certificate-based RHN. (BZ#788661)

  • Previously, the "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm" utility did not correctly handle a situation when a Red Hat Network (RHN) software channel supported more than one product. Consequently, the utility installed superfluous product certificates when client systems were subscribed to particular RHN channels. This update corrects "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm" so that only the proper product certificate is now installed under these circumstances. (BZ#788665)

  • Previously, the "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" utility did not work correctly for certain products. Consequently, the utility installed also a superfluous Desktop product certificate when the system was provided with an installation number for a Workstation product and vice versa. With this update, "install-num-migrate-to-rhsm" has been fixed and only the correct product certificate is now installed under these circumstances. (BZ#790437)

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.98.16-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.98.16-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.98.16-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.16-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.98.16-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.98.16-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.16-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.98.16-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.98.16-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.16-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information