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Fedora 27 : 1:xrdp (2017-1c73749b66)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105829

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fixes

 - Fix local denial of service CVE-2017-16927 #958 #979 (fix already in 0.9.4-2)

New features

 - Add a new log level TRACE more verbose than DEBUG #835 #944

 - SSH agent forwarding via RDP #867 #868 FreeRDP/FreeRDP#4122

 - Support horizontal wheel properly #928

Bug fixes

 - Avoid use of hard-coded sesman port #895

 - Workaround for corrupted display with Windows Server 2008 using NeutrinoRDP #869

 - Fix glitch in audio redirection by AAC #910 #936

 - Implement vsock support #930 #935 #948

 - Avoid 100% CPU usage on SSL accept #956

Other changes

 - Add US Dvorak keyboard #929

 - Suppress some misleading logs #964

 - Add Finnish keyboard #972

 - Add more user-friendlier description about Xorg config #974

 - Renew pulseaudio document #984 #985

 - Lots of cleanups and refactoring

Known issues

 - Audio redirection by MP3 codec doesn't sound with some client, use AAC instead #965

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Solution

Update the affected 1:xrdp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1c73749b66

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105829

File Name: fedora_2017-1c73749b66.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:xrdp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16927