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Fedora 28 : rdesktop (2019-5146cd34e2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122134

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 1.8.4. Security fix for CVE-2018-8794 CVE-2018-8795 CVE-2018-8797 CVE-2018-20175 CVE-2018-20176 CVE-2018-8791 CVE-2018-8792 CVE-2018-8793 CVE-2018-8796 CVE-2018-8798 CVE-2018-8799 CVE-2018-8800 CVE-2018-20174 CVE-2018-20177 CVE-2018-20178 CVE-2018-20179 CVE-2018-20180 CVE-2018-20181 CVE-2018-20182.

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Solution

Update the affected rdesktop package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-5146cd34e2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122134

File Name: fedora_2019-5146cd34e2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2019

Updated: 6/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8800

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rdesktop

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20174, CVE-2018-20175, CVE-2018-20176, CVE-2018-20177, CVE-2018-20178, CVE-2018-20179, CVE-2018-20180, CVE-2018-20181, CVE-2018-20182, CVE-2018-8791, CVE-2018-8792, CVE-2018-8793, CVE-2018-8794, CVE-2018-8795, CVE-2018-8796, CVE-2018-8797, CVE-2018-8798, CVE-2018-8799, CVE-2018-8800