RHBA-2011:0286 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gnome-screensaver package that fixes one bug is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gnome-screensaver package contains the GNOME project's official screen saver
program. It is designed for improved integration with a GNOME desktop, including
themeability, language support, and Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) compliance.
It also provides screen-locking and fast user-switching from a locked screen.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, using the "Pictures folder" screen saver with an empty Pictures

directory could cause the gnome-screensaver program to terminate unexpectedly.
This update applies an upstream patch that resolves this issue, and an empty
Pictures directory no longer causes the "Pictures folder" screen saver to crash.
(BZ#673990)

All users of gnome-screensaver 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 673990 - savers/gste-slideshow.c (get_pixbuf_from_local_dir) Check for an empty file list.

CVEs

(none)

References

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