- Issued:
- 2014-06-09
- Updated:
- 2014-06-09
RHEA-2014:0645 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
spice-vdagent-win bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
Updated spice-vdagent-win packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available.
Description
An update for spice-vdagent-win that fixes several bugs is now available.
spice-vdagent-win provides a service and an agent that can be installed and run
on Windows guests.
Changes to the spice-vdagent-win component:
- Previously, attempting to copy text greater than 10 MB in size to the
clipboard in Windows virtual machines caused vdagent-win to restart. This was
caused by the error trapping logic for clipboard-related operations, which did
not account for operations involving data greater than this size. Now, the error
trapping logic for vdagent-win has been revised so that an error is displayed
when the maximum clipboard size is exceeded, preventing vdagent-win from
restarting when the maximum clipboard size is exceeded. Users also have the
ability to specify the maximum clipboard size. (BZ#1017790)
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager users that use SPICE to access virtual
machines should update spice-vdagent on their Windows guests using Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization Manager guest tools installer.
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/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Virtualization 3.4 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1017790 - vdagent-win gets stopped (restarted) after 10+ MB text is copied to the clipboard
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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