- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1417 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
rdesktop bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An enhanced rdesktop package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The rdesktop application is a client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Terminal
Services, Windows 2003 Terminal Services/Remote Desktop, Windows XP Remote Desktop, and possibly
other Terminal Services products. Currently, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) version 4 and 5
protocols are implemented in rdesktop.
This update upgrades rdesktop to upstream version 1.6.0, which contains a number of bug fixes and
enhancements over the previous version.
Notably, this updated rdesktop package adds the following enhancements:
- smart card-enabled login is now supported. (BZ#253307)
- support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections has been improved. (BZ#253307)
- support for connecting to Windows Vista hosts has been added. (BZ#459140, BZ#337231)
Also notably, the following bug has been fixed:
- when using rdesktop to connect to a Windows 2003 Terminal Server, rapid scrolling by the user in
the Word or Excel applications caused the screen to refresh incorrectly. Minimizing and then
restoring the affected application returned the screen to a correctly-refreshed state. This has been
fixed with this updated package so that rapid scrolling does not cause screen refresh issues.
(BZ#252023, BZ#218684)
Users of rdesktop are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these enhancements and
fixes this bug.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 218684 - rdesktop not redrawing/painting properly
- BZ - 337231 - rdesktop 1.4.1 is incompatible with Vista, needs to be 1.5.0
- BZ - 459140 - [RFE] update rdesktop from 1.4.1 to 1.6, for Vista and Server 2008 support
- BZ - 500620 - rdesktop-debuginfo is empty
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
x86_64 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7414ef0a4d83dd48f3cbc5f858a5d1c7788b1858464900b87ac161c643e3f21 |
ia64 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b3df425cc89400b311bcac9e8a4db2c4505d2a00ea93b88701e657fc27061c1e |
i386 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a2c236cb858b9187ac34cd037699d6ef6bf12d93e7b7326d3b25880ff6359d71 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
x86_64 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7414ef0a4d83dd48f3cbc5f858a5d1c7788b1858464900b87ac161c643e3f21 |
i386 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a2c236cb858b9187ac34cd037699d6ef6bf12d93e7b7326d3b25880ff6359d71 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
x86_64 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7414ef0a4d83dd48f3cbc5f858a5d1c7788b1858464900b87ac161c643e3f21 |
i386 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a2c236cb858b9187ac34cd037699d6ef6bf12d93e7b7326d3b25880ff6359d71 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
s390x | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 44bb9687fc09e498a66afcaa2ff8ccb021d16c9cd7b8e813f251cbae00ddaa58 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
ppc | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 037e1f6993f14a06a6d5aa9ca52b9dda9141d623e15b2f9f60b8b3f182b9f2b3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 0571d6646aa0d364726c30236ceedc71e4dd11591019da4fca6bb66a44e9d994 |
x86_64 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7414ef0a4d83dd48f3cbc5f858a5d1c7788b1858464900b87ac161c643e3f21 |
i386 | |
rdesktop-1.6.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a2c236cb858b9187ac34cd037699d6ef6bf12d93e7b7326d3b25880ff6359d71 |
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