RHBA-2011:1518 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libcacard and spice-client packages that fix a number of bugs and add
various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) is a remote
display protocol designed for virtual environments. The spice-client package
provides the client side of the SPICE protocol.

The libcacard package contains Common Access Card (CAC) emulation library.

These updated libcacard and spice-client packages include numerous bug fixes and
enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Technical Notes for
information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/libcacard_and_spice-client.html#RHBA-2011-1518

All users of libcacard and spice-client are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 653545 - spice client log shows incorrect information regarding secure/insecure channels
• BZ - 692833 - Xorg's consuming 100% of cpu when changing resolution of a client
• BZ - 692976 - Spice client crashes when connecting to a Windows guest with support of 2 screens
• BZ - 696964 - spicec exits with wrong return code (when --host is missing)
• BZ - 707122 - spice-client.spec: remove Obsolete lines
• BZ - 710461 - segfault on client after locking/unlocking KDE session
• BZ - 712938 - Can't connect to linux guest with WAN options
• BZ - 712941 - spicec --help should mention WAN features for Windows guests only
• BZ - 723567 - virtual smardcard support doesn't work
• BZ - 723687 - spice-client: update to upstream spice 0.8.2
• BZ - 723895 - AET middleware not supported
• BZ - 725009 - spice-client: semi-seamless migration support
• BZ - 726441 - Spice client waits for 30sec before connecting, when not using auto-conf or disable-effects
• BZ - 727916 - Coverity scan revealed defects
• BZ - 727969 - [spice-client][migration] upon switch-host the client is alive but fails to reconnect
• BZ - 728252 - --full-screen option of spice client does not work
• BZ - 732423 - Spice Client crashes when guest is running Xinerama

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/libcacard_and_spice-client.html#RHBA-2011-1518