Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1578 - virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-viewer packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Machine Viewer (virt-viewer) is a lightweight interface for interacting with the graphical display of a virtualized guest. Virtual Machine Viewer uses libvirt and is intended as a replacement for traditional VNC or SPICE clients.

These updated virt-viewer packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/virt-viewer.html#RHBA-2013-1578

Users of virt-viewer 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/site/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 - 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

  • virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm
  • virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information