Out-of-Bounds Affecting rdesktop package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit maturity not defined.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RDESKTOP-1385451
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed4 Jan 2019
Introduced: 4 Jan 2019
CVE-2018-20179 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Underflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function lspci_process() and results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20179
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html