Recommended update 5.1.1 for Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:3816-1
Release Date: 2025-10-28T07:18:49Z
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 7, RHEL and clones

An update that contains one feature and has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

mgr-push:

  • Version 5.1.4-0
  • Use absolute paths when invoking external commands
  • Fix syntax error in changelog

python-defusedxml:

  • Version 0.5.0-0
  • Add python-defusedxml version 0.5.0 as dependency to use it as a more secure parser (bsc#1227577)

rhnlib:

  • Version 5.1.3-0
  • Fix syntax error in changelog
  • Use more secure defusedxml parser (bsc#1227577)

spacecmd:

  • Version 5.1.11-0
  • Make spacecmd work with Python 3.12 and higher
  • Call print statements properly in Python 3
  • Version 5.1.10-0
  • Fix use of renamed config parser class where the backward compatible alias was dropped in latest python version (bsc#1246586)
  • Version 5.1.9-0
  • Fix installation of python lib files on Ubuntu 24.04

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 5.1.7-0
  • Fix syntax error in changelog

venv-salt-minion:

  • Improve SL Micro 6.2 detection with grains
  • Fix functional.states.test_user for SLES 16 and Micro systems
  • Add minion_legacy_req_warnings option to avoid noisy warnings
  • Remove unused activate script (bsc#1245740)
  • Filter out zero-length check as the empty files are expected there

Special Instructions and Notes:

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 7, RHEL and clones
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-MultiLinuxManagerTools-RES-7-2025-3816=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 7, RHEL and clones (noarch)
    • python2-defusedxml-0.5.0-70002.1.3.1
    • python2-mgr-push-5.1.4-70002.3.3.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-5.1.7-70002.3.3.1
    • mgr-push-5.1.4-70002.3.3.1
    • spacecmd-5.1.11-70002.3.3.1
    • python2-rhnlib-5.1.3-70002.3.3.1
    • python2-spacewalk-client-tools-5.1.7-70002.3.3.1
  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 7, RHEL and clones (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-70002.5.3.3

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