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Fedora 32 : 1:xrdp (2020-9666e4c9cd)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138236

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This is a security fix release that includes fixes for the following local buffer overflow vulnerability.

 - CVE-2020-4044: Local users can perform a buffer overflow attack against the xrdp-sesman service and then impersonate it

This update is recommended for all xrdp users.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected 1:xrdp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-9666e4c9cd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138236

File Name: fedora_2020-9666e4c9cd.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 7/15/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4044

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:xrdp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-4044