Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1573-1 rdesktop -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 11 May 2008
- Affected Packages:
- rdesktop
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 480133, Bug 480134, Bug 480135.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1801, CVE-2008-1802, CVE-2008-1803. - More information:
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Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, a Remote Desktop Protocol client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2008-1801
Remote exploitation of an integer underflow vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user.
- CVE-2008-1802
Remote exploitation of a BSS overflow vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user.
- CVE-2008-1803
Remote exploitation of an integer signedness vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0-1etch2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006.
We recommend that you upgrade your rdesktop package.
- CVE-2008-1801
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_ia64.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.