Credentials Management Affecting xrdp package, versions <0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-XRDP-346227
  • published16 Dec 2016
  • disclosed16 Dec 2016

Introduced: 16 Dec 2016

CVE-2013-1430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-255  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 xrdp to version 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xrdp package and not the xrdp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.