RHBA-2012:0147 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The spice-client package provides the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing
Environments (SPICE) client application. SPICE is a remote display protocol
designed for virtual environments. SPICE users can access a virtualized desktop
or server from the local system or any system with network access to the server.
SPICE is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests running
on the KVM hypervisor or on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The SPICE client did not correctly handle an exception which was raised when

trying to connect to a guest operating system with no running SPICE agent.
Consequently, the SPICE client application terminated unexpectedly after the
30-second timeout. With this update, the SPICE client correctly handles this
situation and successfully connects to the guest system without unnecessary
waiting. (BZ#790894)

All users of spice-client 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 5 x86_64
• 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 790894 - Spice client crashed when connecting to a guest without spice-vdagent running

CVEs

(none)

References

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