RHBA-2008:0198 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated virt-manager package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The Virtual Machine Manager application is a desktop user interface for
managing virtual machines.

The recent dbus security errata, RHSA-2008:0159, constrained the ways in
which D-Bus objects can be called. This prevented virt-manager from
speaking to the HAL to obtain information about host network and disk
devices. For example, when creating a new guest, no network devices were
listed when the shared physical device option was selected. As well, this
may have prevented CD-ROM devices from being listed. In this updated
package, virt-manager has been adapted to use an alternative way to call
HAL APIs, which resolves this issue.

Users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 436755 - No network devices for "Shared physical device" option

CVEs

(none)

References

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