RHBA-2014:1499 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gvfs packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

GVFS is the GNOME desktop's virtual file system layer, which allows users to
easily access local and remote data, including through the FTP, SFTP,
WebDAV, CIFS, and SMB protocols, among others. GVFS integrates with the GIO
(GNOME I/O) abstraction layer.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when several clients using the same home directory located on

remote NFS (Network File System) modified the gvfs-metadata database files, a
conflict could occur. In addition, GVFS produced heavy traffic on the remote NFS
server. With this update, countermeasures for possible conflicts have been put
in place and metadata journal files have been relocated to a temporary
directory, and GVFS no longer produces heavy traffic on the NFS mount.
(BZ#902448)

• Prior to this update, GVFS did not pass a mount prefix into the rename

operation. Consequently, it was not possible to rename files on the WebDAV
shares if mount prefix was specified, and the following message was displayed
when attempting to do so:

The item could not be renamed. Sorry, could not rename "dir1" to "dir2":
Thespecified location is not mounted

This bug has been fixed and the mount prefix is now passed into the rename
operation as expected. As a result, the rename operation works correctly on the
WebDAV shares. (BZ#1011835)

• When the GDesktopAppInfoLookup extension processed a URL scheme that

contained invalid characters, for example from Thunderbird messages, a request
for URL handlers was unsuccessful. Consequently, an error dialog notifying about
the invalid character was shown. With this update, GDesktopAppInfoLookup has
been modified to check the URL scheme for invalid characters before it is used.
As a result, the aforementioned error no longer occurs. (BZ#1049232)

• A previous GLib2 rebase (BZ#883021) caused a namespace conflict between GVFS

and
GIO. As a consequence, GVFS failed to build. To fix this bug, affected modules
have been renamed, and the building process of GVFS now succeeds. (BZ#1071374)

• Previously, GVFS used the select() function to communicate with the OpenSSH

utility. Due to changes introduced with the OpenSSH update, select() could
return incomplete results. Consequently, mounting of SFTP locations failed with
the following message:

Error mounting location: Error reading from unix: Input/output error

GVFS has been updated to use the poll() function instead of
select(), thus fixing this bug. (BZ#1118325)

• A previous GLib2 rebase (BZ#1101389) marked the GDesktopAppInfo class as

deprecated. Consequently, GVFS failed to compile. With this update,
GdesktopAppInfo is not regarded as deprecated in this specific scenario. As a
result, GVFS compiles as expected. (BZ#1118704)

Users of gvfs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs.

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/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 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1011835 - An error is displayed when renaming directory or file on WebDAV location [gvfs webdav backend]
• BZ - 1071374 - gvfs fails to build in brew
• BZ - 1118704 - GVfs fails to compile from source code

CVEs

(none)

References

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