RHBA-2011:1577 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated spice-vdagent package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The spice-vdagent package provides a SPICE agent for Linux guests.

The spice-vdagent package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.8.1, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#722477)

Note: the system must be rebooted in order for these changes to take effect.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and
adds 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 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 Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 681797 - spice-vdagent does not auto restart when the spice-vdagentd gets restarted
• BZ - 690164 - Feature Request: handle INCR copy to guest
• BZ - 722477 - Rebase spice-vdagent to 0.8.1

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)