RHBA-2012:0405 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The gnome-desktop package contains an internal library (libgnomedesktop) used to
implement some portions of the GNOME desktop, and also some data files and other
shared components of the GNOME user environment.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, due to an object not being destroyed, the Nautilus file manager

could consume an excessive amount of memory. Consequently, constantly growing
resident memory would slow down the system. The source code has been modified to
prevent memory leaks from occurring and Nautilus now consumes a reasonable
amount of memory. (BZ#639732)

All users of gnome-desktop 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

Fixes

• BZ - 639732 - Nautilus is leaking memory

CVEs

(none)

References

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