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