Red Hat SATELLITE 5.2 RELEASE NOTES Instruction Manual

Red Hat Network
Satellite 5.2
Release Notes 520
Red Hat Network Satellite

Release Notes 520
Red Hat Network Satellite 5.2 Release Notes 520
Red Hat Network Satellite
Edition 5.2

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1. Major Features 1
2. Major Corrections 3
A. Revision History 5

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Chapter 1.
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Major Features
The following are the major features released as part of RHN Satellite Server 5.2.0.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now supported as a base operating system for RHN Satellite Server
installation. Refer to the Red Hat Network Satellite Installation Guide for more information.
• RHN Satellite Server now supports Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Standard Edition and
Enterprise Edition. For more information about Database requirements, refer to the Red Hat
Network Satellite Installation Guide.
• RHN Proxy Server includes a command-line installation program as a Technology Preview. The
proxy-installer package contains an installation program that guides the user through a
complete installation of RHN Proxy Server via text-based interactive prompts.
Note that Technology Preview features are not supported, may not be functionally complete, and
are not supported for production use. They are included here as a customer convenience and to
provide the feature with wider exposure.

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Chapter 2.
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Major Corrections
The following are the major bug fixes and workarounds released as part of RHN Satellite Server 5.2.0.
• An issue has been addressed where an organization's administrator password was stored in plain
text in a Satellite database entry.
• An issue in the httpd.conf file has been fixed to prevent remote directory listings from being
visible by issuing a GET request containing a double slash (//). The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-1138 to this issue.

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Appendix A. Revision History
Revision History
Revision 1.0

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