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For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow
users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat
entitlement platform.
The subscription-manager-migration-data package provides certificates for
migrating a system from the legacy Red Hat Network Classic (RHN) to Red Hat
Subscription Management (RHSM).
The python-rhsm packages provide a library for communicating with the
representational state transfer (REST) interface of a Red Hat Unified
Entitlement Platform. The Subscription Management tools use this interface
to manage system entitlements, certificates, and access to content.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
subscription-manager (1.18.10), python-rhsm (1.18.6),
subscription-manager-migration-data (2.0.34). (BZ#1383475, BZ#1385446,
BZ#1385382)
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that subscription-manager set weak permissions on files in
/var/lib/rhsm/, causing an information disclosure. A local, unprivileged
user could use this flaw to access sensitive data that could potentially be
used in a social engineering attack. (CVE-2016-4455)
Red Hat would like to thank Robert Scheck for reporting this issue.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
Technical Notes linked from the References section.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4455 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
python-rhsm-1.18.6-1.el6.src.rpm
subscription-manager-1.18.10-1.el6.src.rpm
subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0.34-1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
python-rhsm-1.18.6-1.el6.i686.rpm
python-rhsm-certificates-1.18.6-1.el6.i686.rpm
python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.18.6-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-firstboot-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-gui-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-migration-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0.34-1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
python-rhsm-1.18.6-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-rhsm-certificates-1.18.6-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.18.6-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
subscription-manager-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
subscription-manager-firstboot-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
subscription-manager-gui-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
subscription-manager-migration-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386:
subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
subscription-manager-plugin-container-1.18.10-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.18.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Read the Full Advisory
An update for subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data,and python-rhsm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
1176219 - subscription-manager repos --list with bad proxy options is silently using cache
1185914 - [RFE] rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm should give the option to remove RHN Classic related packages / daemons
1232472 - rhel-x86_64-server-sap-hana-6 channel maps are missing from channel-cert-mapping.txt
1283749 - Some GUI dialogs which should be error dialogs are information dialogs, breaking automated testing
1286842 - 'rhel-x86_64-server-6-rh-gluster-3-samba-debuginfo' channel map is missing from channel-cert-mapping.txt
1287925 - /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd does not stop.
1298140 - There is no proper icon in license window nor in date selection window for subscription-manager-gui
1301215 - The cmd "repos --list --proxy" with a fake proxy server url will not stop running.
1315591 - GUI : No network is thrown when you try to remove a subscription on the system with no network
1317613 - typo in src/subscription_manager/gui/data/ui/selectsla.ui
1320507 - Wrong prefix prompts when register using serverurl without prefix
1320597 - rhel-x86_64-server-hpn-fastrack-6 channel maps are absent from channel-cert-mapping.txt
1320607 - rhel-x86_64-server-hpn-6 channel maps are absent from channel-cert-mapping.txt
1320647 - rhn channels 'rhel-ARCH-workstation-6-thirdparty-oracle-java-beta' should maps to the Beta product cert, not the GA cert.
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