SUSE-RU-2013:1446-1: Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7
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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
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   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.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1101cf958f5fba84157b398efd43f726



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