CVE-2011-1595

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1595
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-24 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.0.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.1.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.2.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.3.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.4.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop 1.5.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: rdesktop-1.6.0-11.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1136-1: rdesktop vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA51023 - Gentoo update for rdesktop - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:102 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: rdesktop-1.6.0-10.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
rdesktop Disk Redirection Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 676252 – CVE-2011-1595 rdesktop remote file access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- rdesktop: Directory Traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
rdesktop / Mailing Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Fedora update for rdesktop - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rdesktop Lets Remote Servers Read and Write Files on the Target User's System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rdesktop.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rdesktop-1.6.0-12.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Download rdesktop from SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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