RHBA-2011:0355 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated scim packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) project provides an input method user
interface, and a development platform for input method development.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When using the SCIM Input Method Setup utility to adjust the global setup of

IMEngine modules, clicking the "Disable All" button failed to activate the
"Apply" button. This rendered users unable to confirm their changes, and one of
the items had to be manually selected and deselected to work around this
problem. With this update, a patch has been applied to address this issue, and
clicking the "Disable All" button now always allows users to click the "Apply"
button as expected. (BZ#493809)

• When an application window is opened, SCIM creates a 1x1 window in the

background. Prior to this update, this 1x1 window was not properly destroyed
when the application window was closed in a non-standard way (for example, due
to a crash or upon receiving the SIGKILL signal). To prevent unnecessary memory
consumption, this update adapts the underlying source code to ensure the 1x1
windows are destroyed as expected. (BZ#664464)

All users of scim are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

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 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 - 493809 - Enable all/Disable all input method does not work in scim-bridge
• BZ - 664464 - scim leaks a 1x1 window per new xterm

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)