CVE-2018-20182: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Mar 15 2019(Updated: )
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Buffer Overflow over the global variables in the function seamless_process_line() that results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Rdesktop Rdesktop | <=1.8.3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| debian/rdesktop | 1.8.6-2 1.9.0-2 |
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Reference Links
- 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
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/766ebcf6f23ccfe8323ac10242ae6e127d4505d2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20182
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
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- agent/author
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- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/rdesktop
- canonical/rdesktop rdesktop
- version/rdesktop rdesktop/1.8.3
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- version/debian debian linux/9.0
- package-manager/debian