- Issued:
- 2013-02-20
- Updated:
- 2013-02-20
RHEA-2013:0311 - spice-vdagent enhancement update
Synopsis
spice-vdagent enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated spice-vdagent packages that add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The spice-vdagent packages provide a SPICE agent for Linux guests.
The spice-vdagent packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.12.0, which provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#842355)
This update adds the following enhancements:
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The spice-vdagent agent now uses the syslog standard for logging. Syslog provides previously missing information on time stamps and severity marks of the logged events. (BZ#747894)
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With this update, support for dynamic multiple monitors and arbitrary window resolution has been added to the spice-vdagent agent. (BZ#842298)
All users of spice-vdagent are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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-vdagent-debuginfo-0.12.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
- spice-vdagent-0.12.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
- spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.12.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
- spice-vdagent-0.12.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
- spice-vdagent-0.12.0-4.el6.src.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 747894
- This content is not included.BZ - 842298
- This content is not included.BZ - 842355
- This content is not included.BZ - 855110
- This content is not included.BZ - 872633
- This content is not included.BZ - 888821
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.