Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1446-1
Rating: low
References: #794530 #799068 #801971 #803540 #805814 #809954 #812037 #813240 #813266 #813268 #813506 #817869 #824146 #824361 #824581 #824597 #824758 #824775 #825673 #825727 #826734 #828216 #828453 #828879 #829034 #829035 #829073 #829961 #829966 #832776 #833238 #833511 #833566 #833643 #833762 #833947 #833948 #833950 #833954 #834200 #834780 #835681 #837035
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2

  • An update that has 43 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes 14 new package versions.

    Description:


    This collective update for SUSE Manager 1.7 provides
    enhancements and new features:

    *

    Implement Inter Server Sync (ISS) (FATE#312371) Let
    SUSE Manager sync from another SUSE Manager or import data
    from a disk dump.

    *

    CVE Audit (FATE#312907) Search for a CVE number and
    get the results for all server if they are patched or not
    patched. In case of not patched it shows the channel where
    a patch is available. This Audit consider cloned channels,
    older and newer Service Packs.

    *

    Make CSV separator configurable (FATE#312907)

    *

    Support new products and channels: SMT11 SP3 and
    SLES10-SP4-LTSS (FATE#313494)

    Additionally, the following issues have been fixed:

    cobbler:

    * Fix cobbler checks on SUSE.

    rhnlib:

    * Fix some issues with the new timeout option.

    smdba:

    * Add sudo permission check.

    sm-ncc-sync-data:

    * Add SMT11 SP3 and SLES10-SP4-LTSS channel definitions.

    spacecmd:

    * Fix spacecmd ssm 'list' has no attribute 'keys' error.

    spacewalk-admin:

    * Give CA a unique name.

    spacewalk-backend:

    * Add option to disable Expect header for post request
    * Re-import all patches with param deep-verify
    * Rewrite package org to match where they got imported
    * Fix field length of erratum-advisory-name to match
    real DB field length
    * Forward register and de-register requests to parent
    * Copy SUSE product and subscription information into
    the disk dump
    * Add handler for NCC sync data used by ISS
    * Import/export Support Information
    * Sync suseProductFiles with inter-server-sync
    * Dump and read rhn-channel-update-tag
    * Add curl debugging to send and accessible
    * Filter out bad package/architecture combinations
    * Handle unicode tracebacks
    * Handle compressed products file
    * Make reposync work with local repositories
    * Ensure the file object is closed only when no IOError
    took place.

    spacewalk-branding:

    * Rephrase the notice text even for admin users
    * Do not show link to the admin page to non-admins
    * User string cosmetic change in the Details page of a
    non-entitled system
    * Fix keys for SSH push task status and bunch
    description.

    spacewalk-client-tools:

    * Print prompt on tty instead of stdout
    * Unicode support for Remote Command scripts.

    spacewalk-java:

    * Fix link to the documentation
    * Fix CVE Audit query to run with oracle DB
    * Allow Hibernate to distinguish packages with
    identical name, arch and evr
    * Do not show link to the admin page to non-admins
    * CobblerSystemCreateCommand: do not fail if distro
    breed is null
    * Explicitly require libxml2 for kickstarts to avoid
    error
    * Escaping system name on multiple pages
    * API call setChildChannels should produce snapshot
    * Changing of base channel via API should produce
    snapshot
    * Remove entitlement from channels before deletion
    * Add newline after writing kickstart_start var
    * Fix wrong escaping of UTF-8 strings
    * Fix HTML not being escaped in package information
    * Fix a NPE when a system virtual instance does not
    have a corresponding info object
    * Fix metadata if capability version starts with a colon
    * Generate pre flag into the metadata
    * Fix reinstall of products by writing correct epoch in
    products.xml
    * Set archive value for installed package size
    * IBM Java core dumps should all go to /var/crash
    * Fix entitlement addition NPE.

    spacewalk-reports:

    * Fix spacewalk-reports host-guests on oracle databases
    * Add support for SQL LIKE predicates
    * Inventory report should now display correct number of
    errata
    * Modify description to better explain what these
    reports do
    * Fix branding.

    spacewalk-web:

    * Use default rhn.conf only when it exists
    * Parent channel cannot be a shared channel from
    different org when cloning
    * Lookup for defaults also in
    /usr/share/rhn/config-defaults/rhn.conf.

    susemanager-jsp_en:

    * Update online manual for SUSE Manager 1.7.

    susemanager-manuals_en:

    * Update some images.
    * Update the HTML and PDF output formats.
    * Mention SLE 11 SP3 and OES 11 as supported client
    systems.
    * Add Documentation about CVE Audit and ISS
    * Fix various minor bugs.

    susemanager-schema:

    * Remove bad initial condition from max(evr_t)
    * Prevent empty values (db_host, db_port) in rhn.conf
    * Regenerate repodata for all channels to get package
    installed size
    * Make mgr-register-bunch a common bunch.

    susemanager:

    * Add profilename as hostname and moniker to NCC
    registration
    * Forward registrations to ISS parent if we are a slave
    * Use register URL from configuration file
    * Rename satellite-sync to mgr-inter-sync
    * Call mgr-ncc-sync with option --refresh at the end of
    a setup
    * Show error in the YaST setup module
    * Allow only ASCII characters in the SSL certificate
    * Clear existing DB on setup
    * Interrupt SUSE Manager setup on error
    * Fix help of mgr-ncc-sync.

    susemanager-tftpsync:

    * Check if there are proxies configured for syncing.

    How to apply this update:

    1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server. 2. Stop
    the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service stop 3. Apply the
    patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update. 4.
    Upgrade the database schema with spacewalk-schema-upgrade
    5. Start the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service start

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sleman17sp2-suse-manager-201309-8258

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.2,1.7.1.9,1.7.2,1.7.24,1.7.38.28,1.7.7.11 and 2.5.51.5]:
    • cobbler-2.2.2-0.33.1
    • rhnlib-2.5.51.5-0.5.1
    • smdba-1.2-0.11.1
    • spacecmd-1.7.7.11-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-app-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-applet-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-iss-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-server-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-sql-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-tools-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-xp-1.7.38.28-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-branding-1.7.1.9-0.5.1
    • susemanager-1.7.24-0.5.4
    • susemanager-tftpsync-1.7.2-0.5.1
    • susemanager-tools-1.7.24-0.5.4
    • SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.7.1.7,1.7.13,1.7.14.17,1.7.28.18,1.7.4.5,1.7.54.27 and 1.7.56.21]:
    • sm-ncc-sync-data-1.7.13-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-admin-1.7.4.5-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-base-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.17-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-grail-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-html-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-java-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-java-config-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-java-lib-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-java-oracle-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-pxt-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-reports-1.7.1.7-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-sniglets-1.7.28.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-taskomatic-1.7.54.27-0.5.1
    • susemanager-client-config_en-pdf-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-install_en-pdf-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-jsp_en-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-manuals_en-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-proxy-quick_en-pdf-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-quick_en-pdf-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-reference_en-pdf-1.7-0.17.2
    • susemanager-schema-1.7.56.21-0.5.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/794530
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/799068
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/801971
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803540
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/805814
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/809954
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/812037
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/813240
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/813266
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/813268
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/813506
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/817869
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824146
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824361
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824581
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824597
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824758
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824775
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/825673
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/825727
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/826734
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/828216
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/828453
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/828879
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/829034
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/829035
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/829073
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/829961
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/829966
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/832776
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833238
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833511
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833566
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833643
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833762
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833947
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833948
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833950
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833954
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/834200
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/834780
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/835681
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/837035
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1101cf958f5fba84157b398efd43f726