CVE-2018-8799

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-8799
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-05 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-09-15 00:15:00 UTC
Descriptionrdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function process_secondary_order() that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Rdesktop Rdesktop All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1683-1] rdesktop security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[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 Third Party Advisory
rdesktop: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Malicious RDP server security fixes · rdesktop/rdesktop@4dca546 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Home - Check Point Research CONFIRM research.checkpoint.com 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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