CVE-2018-8798

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06

https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html

https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3