- Issued:
- 2011-11-07
- Updated:
- 2011-11-07
RHBA-2011:1427 - spice-client bug fix update
Synopsis
spice-client bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated spice-client package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) is a remote display protocol designed for virtual environments. SPICE users can access a virtualized desktop or server from the local system or any system with network access to the server. SPICE is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests running on the KVM hypervisor or on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Although old SPICE-related packages (such as spice-cairo) are no longer required to be installed with the spice-client package, they were still needed by a previously installed spice-client or spice-server package. With the "Obsolete" lines in the package spec file, updating spice-client forced an update to spice-server as well, and vice versa. With this update, all "Obsolete" lines have been removed from the spice-client.spec file, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#725103)
All spice-client users that want to install spice-server on a client machine are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug, and uninstall the old SPICE-related packages when they are no longer needed.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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 Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| 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 Update Support from RHUI | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.1 | 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 Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- spice-client-debuginfo-0.8.0-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- spice-client-debuginfo-0.8.0-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- spice-client-0.8.0-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- spice-client-0.8.0-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- spice-client-0.8.0-2.el6_1.1.src.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.