Information Exposure Affecting rdesktop package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-RDESKTOP-2000795
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2019

Introduced: 4 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-8798  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 rdesktop.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rdesktop package and not the rdesktop package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.