- Issued:
- 2008-04-16
- Updated:
- 2008-04-16
RHBA-2008:0225 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
rdesktop bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated rdesktop package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server
and Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Terminal Services, capable of natively
using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to present the user's NT desktop.
No additional server extensions are required.
A missing command line option caused rdesktop to fail when using the krdc
remote desktop utility. Using krdc to connect to a terminal server resulted
in errors such as the following:
The version of rdesktop you are using ([version]) is too old:
rdesktop [version] or greater is required. A working patch for rdesktop
[version] can be found in KDE CVS.
In this updated package, krdc successfully connects to terminal servers.
Users of rdesktop are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves 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/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 164462 - krdc requires rdesktop > 1.3.1
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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