CVE-2018-20179

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20179
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-15 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-21 16:00:00 UTC
Descriptionrdesktop 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-191

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1683-1] rdesktop security update MLIST lists.debian.org
RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2135-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4394-1 rdesktop DEBIAN www.debian.org
rdesktop: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Malicious RDP server security fixes · rdesktop/rdesktop@4dca546 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Home - Check Point Research CONFIRM research.checkpoint.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500597 Alpine Linux Security Update for rdesktop
  • 505371 Alpine Linux Security Update for rdesktop
  • 710198 Gentoo Linux rdesktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-06)
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