Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0510 - spice-protocol bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

spice-protocol bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated spice-protocol packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The spice-protocol packages provide header files to describe the SPICE protocol and the QXL para-virtualized graphics card. The SPICE protocol is needed to build newer versions of the spice-client and the spice-server packages.

The spice-protocol package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.12.2, which provides a number of enhancements over the previous version, including support for USB redirection. (BZ#842352)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• This update adds support for seamless migration to the spice-protocol packages. (BZ#846910)

All users who build spice packages are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• spice-protocol-0.12.2-1.el6.src.rpm
• spice-protocol-0.12.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 842352
• This content is not included.BZ - 846910

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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