Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1118 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-08-03
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1118 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

mailcap bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated mailcap package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mailcap package contains the mailcap file, which is used by the metamail
program. Metamail reads the mailcap file to determine how it should display
non-text or multimedia material. mailcap associates a particular type of file
with a particular program that a mail agent or other program can call in order
to handle the file. Mailcap should be installed to allow certain programs to be
able to handle non-text files.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the mime.types database did not contain the WebM MIME

type (video/webm). The problem has been resolved in this update by including the
MIME type in the database. (BZ#610793)

All users of mailcap are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 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 Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 610793 - Add video/webm with extension webm to mime.types

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
s390x
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
ppc64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
s390x
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
x86_64
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020
i386
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 228f6ce09df5994cafafc60f8f87d3f10976f3ca56a5334edce0131bfb5657e1
s390x
mailcap-2.1.31-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2199dd2de4c8808a20c30e103b0adab0948247ba6d8555d357b043de326b3020

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