---------------------------------------------------------------------                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated up2date and rhn_register clients available
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2003:177-01
Issue date:        2003-05-27
Updated on:        2003-05-27
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords:          up2date rhn_register rpm Red Hat Network up2date-gnome update agent
Cross references:  
Obsoletes:         
---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Topic:

Updated versions of the rhn_register and up2date packages are now
available. The new packages include many bug fixes, and a few new features.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

3. Problem description:

The rhn_register and up2date packages contain the software necessary to
take advantage of Red Hat Network functionality.

The up2date package incorporates improvements in handling package
dependencies and "obsoletes" processing, along with many other bug fixes.

This release also includes an updated RHNS-CA-CERT file, which contains an
additional CA certificate.  This is needed so that up2date can continue to
communicate with Red Hat Network once the current CA certificate reaches
its August 2003 expiration date.

All users of Red Hat Network should therefore upgrade to these erratum
packages.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network.  Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates.  To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed  (  for more info):

67865 - "up2date --version" does NOT display version
65423 - "up2date -f" does not update skipped packages on first attempt
64851 - Non fatal Gtk errors when up2date hits a package already in its cache
64796 - up2date segfaults during Migration
64791 - Typo in manpage of up2date
64771 - Updating from 7.2 to 7.3 then using up2date yields 557 "outdated" packages in RHN
63921 - "kb" for file sizes should probably be "kB"
63917 - "toverify" typo in up2date
63907 - "Overrite" typo in up2date
63484 - Can't only select skipped files
63301 - unknown signatures aren't warned
53247 - up2date -u -nox fails

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS: 
 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm

ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 
 


ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: 
 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: 
 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm



7. Verification:

MD5 sum                          Package Name
--------------------------------------------------------------------------e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1AS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1AS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1AS/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1AS/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
88b85b602b3651cc3364b992c8e99f04 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
fdd03e41d5eb74d520a6f0d8cb969fba 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
fdf5c0ca850486b13288287e8d776e16 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
296d91a647c0ac255fe77e4a2b602d0a 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
88b85b602b3651cc3364b992c8e99f04 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
fdd03e41d5eb74d520a6f0d8cb969fba 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
fdf5c0ca850486b13288287e8d776e16 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
296d91a647c0ac255fe77e4a2b602d0a 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1ES/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1ES/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1ES/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1ES/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm
e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1WS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1WS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1WS/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1WS/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key is
available at https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/all-products

You can verify each package with the following command:
    
    rpm --checksig -v 

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    
    md5sum 

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <security@RedHat.com>.  More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/all-products

Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.

RedHat: up2date multiple vulnerabilities

This release also includes an updated RHNS-CA-CERT file, which contains an additional CA certificate

Summary



Summary

The rhn_register and up2date packages contain the software necessary to take advantage of Red Hat Network functionality. The up2date package incorporates improvements in handling package dependencies and "obsoletes" processing, along with many other bug fixes. This release also includes an updated RHNS-CA-CERT file, which contains an additional CA certificate. This is needed so that up2date can continue to communicate with Red Hat Network once the current CA certificate reaches its August 2003 expiration date. All users of Red Hat Network should therefore upgrade to these erratum packages.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
67865 - "up2date --version" does NOT display version 65423 - "up2date -f" does not update skipped packages on first attempt 64851 - Non fatal Gtk errors when up2date hits a package already in its cache 64796 - up2date segfaults during Migration 64791 - Typo in manpage of up2date 64771 - Updating from 7.2 to 7.3 then using up2date yields 557 "outdated" packages in RHN 63921 - "kb" for file sizes should probably be "kB" 63917 - "toverify" typo in up2date 63907 - "Overrite" typo in up2date 63484 - Can't only select skipped files 63301 - unknown signatures aren't warned 53247 - up2date -u -nox fails
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:
SRPMS:


i386: Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
SRPMS:


ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
SRPMS:


i386: Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
SRPMS:


i386: Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm


7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name 5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1AS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1AS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1AS/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1AS/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 88b85b602b3651cc3364b992c8e99f04 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm fdd03e41d5eb74d520a6f0d8cb969fba 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm fdf5c0ca850486b13288287e8d776e16 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm 296d91a647c0ac255fe77e4a2b602d0a 2.1AS/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm 5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm 88b85b602b3651cc3364b992c8e99f04 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm fdd03e41d5eb74d520a6f0d8cb969fba 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm fdf5c0ca850486b13288287e8d776e16 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm 296d91a647c0ac255fe77e4a2b602d0a 2.1AW/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.ia64.rpm e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm 5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1ES/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1ES/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1ES/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1ES/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm e10930d8965ac2a685e1482ba8c0e9af 2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.src.rpm 5e64b82944c7ccd62986551c3244cb6f 2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.src.rpm e3362186968d6e6da916a967d8d3655f 2.1WS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 019b32631452559245ce70e26f2ed928 2.1WS/en/os/i386/rhn_register-gnome-2.8.34-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm 42f3379722023af4412c79e686a04c89 2.1WS/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm b0897084ce6ba6e4ae15ffa070739776 2.1WS/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.45-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available at https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/all-products
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
md5sum

References

Package List


Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:177-01
Issued Date: : 2003-05-27
Updated on: 2003-05-27
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: up2date rhn_register rpm Red Hat Network up2date-gnome update agent
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
Updated versions of the rhn_register and up2date packages are now
available. The new packages include many bug fixes, and a few new features.

Topic


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386


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