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EUVD-2018-20406 · Published Feb 5, 2019
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function process_plane() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Technologies
Rdesktop RdesktopDebian Debian LinuxOpensuse Leap
Weaknesses
CWE-122CWE-787
CVSS scores
- v3.19.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - v2.07.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Initial Access
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
Potentially impacted assets
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