Bug Fix Advisory rdesktop bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0253-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated rdesktop packages that fix a display bug on dual-display systems
are now available.

rdesktop is an open source client for Windows NT® Terminal Server and
Windows® 2000 Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote
Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's Windows NT or Windows
2000 desktop. Unlike the Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) from
Citrix®, rdesktop requires no server extensions.

* on dual-display systems running the Xinerama extension, if the rdesktop
window was placed such that it straddled the two displays, remote windows
within rdesktop would not always display properly. Specifically, dragging a
remote application window within rdesktop across the two screens caused a
portion of the remote window either side of the break between said screens
to turn black.

All rdesktop users should upgrade to these updated rdesktop pacakges, which
contain backported patches that resolve this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.src.rpm     6086c6a0a162692b778e688cab4b895e
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.i386.rpm     0097dd5a5e1db9ace00ff53839e252c9
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.x86_64.rpm     e0e97ed754e9df428c39ed364be27051
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.src.rpm     6086c6a0a162692b778e688cab4b895e
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.i386.rpm     0097dd5a5e1db9ace00ff53839e252c9
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.ia64.rpm     4805ab3780141348de5e604a699b21dd
 
PPC:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.ppc.rpm     008d143c831f5f2f9c253a3b59eaa8fe
 
s390:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.s390.rpm     52c2a60aee5e0d57c47292373bb23db3
 
s390x:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.s390x.rpm     3986ebb3da8c7d7c78c54645b1f4b6d7
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.x86_64.rpm     e0e97ed754e9df428c39ed364be27051
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.src.rpm     6086c6a0a162692b778e688cab4b895e
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.i386.rpm     0097dd5a5e1db9ace00ff53839e252c9
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.ia64.rpm     4805ab3780141348de5e604a699b21dd
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.x86_64.rpm     e0e97ed754e9df428c39ed364be27051
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.src.rpm     6086c6a0a162692b778e688cab4b895e
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.i386.rpm     0097dd5a5e1db9ace00ff53839e252c9
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.ia64.rpm     4805ab3780141348de5e604a699b21dd
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-10.x86_64.rpm     e0e97ed754e9df428c39ed364be27051
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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