Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0421 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-05-18
Updated:
2010-05-18

RHBA-2010:0421 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

vnc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

A vnc package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which
allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the
machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and
from a wide variety of machine architectures.

This updated vnc package provides fix for the following bug:

  • The Java VNC viewer failed to send the "tab" key to the VNC server correctly.

(BZ#576905)

All users of vnc are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.

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
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 - 576905 - Tab key failure in vnc when using browser.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
x86_64
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b7448770be3c8acbd267efcea0833877fa1ae7291b301b7703e58440c848d487
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e2503840cbbaa947d65e67bf4c35338b74ed376ccfb6c4b14e029f4190b52198
ia64
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0dc4674785ed3bba7d31c2ff1902a3330ba0905d518b9787fea3c6410d4f1a8e
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ff1d72517bdcd19d9e94f724317e76e52bb259f2a523e5b8d31c25851d7a9f4a
i386
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c152e034cfe2fdb157922c6c1a936875f601f0f44c6c36b15fe9fb4f6c648333
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4ea05a563ed58b73e19da23afaf14e9a47c9f2d7f898daa19b94f0463f90027e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
x86_64
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b7448770be3c8acbd267efcea0833877fa1ae7291b301b7703e58440c848d487
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e2503840cbbaa947d65e67bf4c35338b74ed376ccfb6c4b14e029f4190b52198
i386
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c152e034cfe2fdb157922c6c1a936875f601f0f44c6c36b15fe9fb4f6c648333
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4ea05a563ed58b73e19da23afaf14e9a47c9f2d7f898daa19b94f0463f90027e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
x86_64
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b7448770be3c8acbd267efcea0833877fa1ae7291b301b7703e58440c848d487
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e2503840cbbaa947d65e67bf4c35338b74ed376ccfb6c4b14e029f4190b52198
i386
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c152e034cfe2fdb157922c6c1a936875f601f0f44c6c36b15fe9fb4f6c648333
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4ea05a563ed58b73e19da23afaf14e9a47c9f2d7f898daa19b94f0463f90027e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
s390x
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c96f19e0a6f3ff209d09b491d1ed8d04897c2800442a28f2f2a783c053e5c80f
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a6a1d8a84bcdd2a8fb05f5fe10e568b6e1abbb9c27fa7a00571f20dce8f079e2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
ppc
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b644cb6ee6851d5db4bc6e3df724790d684251d6ecc24a8681a06ca92525c6ca
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: c421011d4fe5800aa5d0ce5ef2d2581dad2e38dec10b44ee6ca10cfcbfc3417e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.src.rpm SHA-256: e84d3069de0ca95950cf5b2a35514ce7483fa7581e19332816f2d514cbdf0746
x86_64
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b7448770be3c8acbd267efcea0833877fa1ae7291b301b7703e58440c848d487
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e2503840cbbaa947d65e67bf4c35338b74ed376ccfb6c4b14e029f4190b52198
i386
vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c152e034cfe2fdb157922c6c1a936875f601f0f44c6c36b15fe9fb4f6c648333
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_5.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4ea05a563ed58b73e19da23afaf14e9a47c9f2d7f898daa19b94f0463f90027e

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