Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0478 - tigervnc bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

tigervnc bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated tigervnc packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. This package contains a client which will allow you to connect to other desktops running a VNC server.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the Xvnc server was started by the vncserver init script, but no password file existed, the initscript failed without displaying a message. This bug is now fixed and the "VNC password for user is not configured" message appears when the password is not configured for the Xvnc session. (BZ#688624)

  • Previously, the user was not allowed to change the value of the AcceptPointerEvents parameter while Xvnc was running. As a consequence, when the "vncconfig -set AcceptPointerEvents=1" command was used to enable and "vncconfig -set AcceptPointerEvents=0", to disable mouse input for VNC session, it failed with an error message, similar to the following:

    Setting param AcceptPointerEvents=0 failed

Now the user is allowed to change the value of the AcceptPointerEvents parameter and the mouse input for a VNC session can be enabled or disabled while Xvnc is running. (BZ#843714)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • The tigervnc packages have been updated to match the latest X server version. (BZ#844486)

Users of tigervnc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm
  • tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information