(RHSA-2021:1313) Moderate: Satellite 6.9 Release

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based
infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and
monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool.

Security Fix(es):

• foreman: Managing repositories with their id via hammer does not respect the role filters (CVE-2017-2662)
• python-psutil: Double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)
• candlepin: netty: compression/decompression codecs don’t enforce limits on buffer allocation sizes (CVE-2020-11612)
• foreman: world-readable OMAPI secret through the ISC DHCP server (CVE-2020-14335)
• candlepin: resteasy-client: potential sensitive information leakage in JAX-RS RESTEasy Client’s WebApplicationException handling (CVE-2020-25633)
• python-django: potential SQL injection via “tolerance” parameter in GIS functions and aggregates on Oracle (CVE-2020-9402)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

• Usability enhancements to Red Hat’s Simple Content Access mode and Satellite

• Usability improvements to enabling Remote Execution on your hosts.

• Notifications in the UI to warn users when subscriptions are expiring.

• Usability enhancements to enable Insights integration with Satellite.

• Performance improvements to various aspects of the user interface and API.

• Added support for OpenID Connect for authentication.

• Usability improvements to the Satellite Installer.

• Updated Ruby web server to the modern Puma application server which replaces Passenger.

The items above are not a complete list of changes. This update also fixes
several bugs and adds various enhancements. Documentation for these changes
is available from the Release Notes document linked to in the References
section.