RHBA-2014:1585 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gnome-session packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-session packages manage the GNOME desktop session. It starts up the
other core components of GNOME and handles logout and saving of the session.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to insufficient checking, the "Switch User" button appeared in the logout

dialog window even when user switching was disabled by the lock down
configuration. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and the "Switch User"
button is now removed when the user logs out. (BZ#684767)

• Due to incorrect clean up of resources at shutdown, the "Startup Applications"

GUI did not submit changes immediately. If the user closed the dialog window
earlier than 2 seconds after making a change, the change failed to be committed.
To fix this bug, the dialog window on shutdown has been deleted, so that its
dispose handler commits pending changes immediately. As a result, the user can
enable or disable additional startup programs and quickly close the dialog
window without the risk of losing changes. (BZ#785828, BZ#1069503)

• Prior to this update, there were inadequate checks in the gnome-session

utility for a preexisting gnome-session instance. Consequently, running
gnome-session within a GNOME session started a nested broken session. With this
update, a check for the SESSION_MANAGER environment variable has been added. As
a result, if the user runs gnome-session within a preexisting session by
mistake, an error message is returned. (BZ#982423)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• Previously, if the user accidentally clicked "Remember Running Applications"

and was using the custom session selector, they could not proceed without
saving. This update provides the close button for the session selector to enable
the user to refrain from saving. (BZ#786573)

Users of gnome-session 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/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
• 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 - 785828 - Startup Applications GUI does not submit change immediately, has delay of 3-4 seconds before taking effect
• BZ - 1069503 - gnome-session-properties does not save a job which is same as previously deleted

CVEs

(none)

References

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