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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0478 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0478 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

tigervnc bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated tigervnc packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows you to
view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is
running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine
architectures. This package contains a client which will allow you to connect to
other desktops running a VNC server.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the Xvnc server was started by the vncserver init script, but no password

file existed, the initscript failed without displaying a message. This bug is
now fixed and the "VNC password for user is not configured" message appears when
the password is not configured for the Xvnc session. (BZ#688624)

  • Previously, the user was not allowed to change the value of the

AcceptPointerEvents parameter while Xvnc was running. As a consequence, when the
"vncconfig -set AcceptPointerEvents=1" command was used to enable and "vncconfig

  • set AcceptPointerEvents=0", to disable mouse input for VNC session, it failed

with an error message, similar to the following:

Setting param AcceptPointerEvents=0 failed

Now the user is allowed to change the value of the AcceptPointerEvents parameter
and the mouse input for a VNC session can be enabled or disabled while Xvnc is
running. (BZ#843714)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • The tigervnc packages have been updated to match the latest X server version.

(BZ#844486)

Users of tigervnc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add this enhancement.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b
i386
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bc4141c340e00a6bd608e75e9aec66f9eead18c84a6ef01ce916897159ff57d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 45f90a2fc615ad3902361fc2eb2000a22324541e44787392c44991b490329bfb
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1aa343adf60ce61cda3ae88b5d77543ee0a85257a67901d73cf48e2fd519ffce

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b
i386
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bc4141c340e00a6bd608e75e9aec66f9eead18c84a6ef01ce916897159ff57d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 45f90a2fc615ad3902361fc2eb2000a22324541e44787392c44991b490329bfb
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1aa343adf60ce61cda3ae88b5d77543ee0a85257a67901d73cf48e2fd519ffce

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b
i386
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bc4141c340e00a6bd608e75e9aec66f9eead18c84a6ef01ce916897159ff57d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 45f90a2fc615ad3902361fc2eb2000a22324541e44787392c44991b490329bfb
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1aa343adf60ce61cda3ae88b5d77543ee0a85257a67901d73cf48e2fd519ffce

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b
i386
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bc4141c340e00a6bd608e75e9aec66f9eead18c84a6ef01ce916897159ff57d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 45f90a2fc615ad3902361fc2eb2000a22324541e44787392c44991b490329bfb
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1aa343adf60ce61cda3ae88b5d77543ee0a85257a67901d73cf48e2fd519ffce

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
s390x
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 97fc6679b5cc52f9abf6f5e6ea7f8842e375e0e6b286a61d13abbb6702b0db02
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32f550fe82dd0038fc4508ab93bfb25890e68b650ef03e2c093206acba95d707
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32eb27ab9ec0bb0c6aadebf8f8ebda57ce2bd7894a79b6b7908756e379d9373d
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
ppc64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 02f0ea1e2ea5135727c160de6546a05143d5e37ae756df751539df9c249a3cd8
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5ef68b7c4d3503fa964a9f6bc004e14ac94fd5085025a5c5ac00e59c86d6b180
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5ef68b7c4d3503fa964a9f6bc004e14ac94fd5085025a5c5ac00e59c86d6b180
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0eea2bc017be301e8b3b8f809a3e22c24509443ce9fa246a40beacec5970b442
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a432cad6e8af579f3b378ce1b1b8edb143e6cb55ab934082392cc7e7823e0169

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
x86_64
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0915780ad5a5a8b909c8a8a2cb8afaaf34b55d966baa03fcf7fd7f56770207d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2c7cda23aa6c531b9d911cfcfe1b08cf24eb989dce283b08bc5a06866afafee2
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 16893d5763b729271a424127ef7fc9d3823cbdde7729df5a1d085c95e6e62524
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4dfa4e879a77d014b2396462afd1cdbe567fa1812164b1263af614405532903b
i386
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bc4141c340e00a6bd608e75e9aec66f9eead18c84a6ef01ce916897159ff57d
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f901fc7d339d7c44694250413950a580e878a193cc30b27b6d20c83255224f00
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 45f90a2fc615ad3902361fc2eb2000a22324541e44787392c44991b490329bfb
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8
tigervnc-server-module-1.1.0-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1aa343adf60ce61cda3ae88b5d77543ee0a85257a67901d73cf48e2fd519ffce

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

SRPM
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 63ee5a86b2a38892c73d5ce940b5e5698ec0c198ec1e6de306004dc79bdb4b11
s390x
tigervnc-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 97fc6679b5cc52f9abf6f5e6ea7f8842e375e0e6b286a61d13abbb6702b0db02
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32f550fe82dd0038fc4508ab93bfb25890e68b650ef03e2c093206acba95d707
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32eb27ab9ec0bb0c6aadebf8f8ebda57ce2bd7894a79b6b7908756e379d9373d
tigervnc-server-applet-1.1.0-5.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b7b2ba500e7897474ffe7ce5adcff4c6d69b9135b17dbe0d6ba68f9921effbb8

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