Issued:

2012-02-20

Updated:

2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0316 - spice-xpi bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

spice-xpi bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated spice-xpi package that fixes multiple bugs and adds multiple enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The spice-xpi package provides the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) extension for Mozilla that allows the SPICE client to be used from a web browser.

The spice-xpi package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• With this update, the SPICE XPI plug-in now allows the SPICE client to connect to both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hosts and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hosts. (BZ#612967)

All users of spice-xpi are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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

Updated Packages

• spice-xpi-2.4-4.el5.i386.rpm
• spice-xpi-2.4-4.el5.src.rpm
• spice-xpi-2.4-4.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 552598
• This content is not included.BZ - 573367

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/.
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