- Issued:
- 2010-11-22
- Updated:
- 2010-11-22
RHBA-2010:0905 - pixman bug fix update
Synopsis
pixman bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated pixman package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for the X Window System and cairo.
This update fixes the following bug:
- The pixman package has been updated to version 0.18, which provides new functionality that is required by SPICE, a remote display protocol used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests. (BZ#644818)
All users requiring SPICE are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.src.rpm
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
- pixman-debuginfo-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
- pixman-devel-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
- pixman-0.18.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.