RHBA-2009:0242 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhythmbox and gstreamer packages that fix a bug and add
enhancements are now available.

Description

Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application based on the
GStreamer media framework.

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters that
operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from
real-time sound processing to playing videos. New data types or processing
capabilities are added by installing plug-ins.

Installing via "yum install rhythmbox" may have caused SELinux denials, and
"chcon: can't apply partial context" errors. SELinux policy in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.3 has been updated to resolve this issue.

These updated packages upgrade gstreamer to version 0.10.20,
gstreamer-plugins-base to version 0.10.20, and gstreamer-plugins-good to
version 0.10.9. For a list of changes, refer to the upstream release notes
for each package:

• http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/gstreamer/
• http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/gst-plugins-base/
• http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/gst-plugins-good/

Also, these updated packages upgrade Rhythmbox to version 0.11.6, and has
been re-licensed to GPLv2 plus exception to allow linking to third-party
codecs, such as those provided by Fluendo.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this
issue and add these enhancements.

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/docs/DOC-11259

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 Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 362571 - Rhythmbox hangs during playback
• BZ - 450103 - Upgrade to latest stable release (gstreamer)
• BZ - 450104 - Upgrade to latest stable release (gstreamer-plugins-base)
• BZ - 450105 - Upgrade to latest stable release (gstreamer-plugins-good)
• BZ - 450106 - Upgrade to SVN trunk snaphot
• BZ - 458832 - multiple plugin error dialogs at startup
• BZ - 458836 - selinux denial for libaudiocd.so
• BZ - 458837 - rhythmbox icon is incorrect in notification area
• BZ - 459790 - rhythmbox includes gstreamer-python dependency which isn't built/included in tree
• BZ - 460630 - SELinux errors on installation of rhythmbox-0.11.6-1.8.el5_2.x86_64
• BZ - 460643 - Can't edit song properties in new rhythmbox.

CVEs

(none)

References

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