CVE-2018-8797

Name
CVE-2018-8797
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function process_plane() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* rdesktop >= None <= 1.8.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
rdesktop 3.10-main 1.8.6-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed