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RHEL 4 : rdesktop (RHSA-2008:0725)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33584
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
Updated rdesktop packages that fix a security issue and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Terminal Services, capable of natively using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to present the user's NT desktop. No additional server extensions are required.
An integer underflow vulnerability was discovered in the rdesktop. If an attacker could convince a victim to connect to a malicious RDP server, the attacker could cause the victim's rdesktop to crash or, possibly, execute an arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-1801)
Additionally, the following bug was fixed :
A missing command line option caused rdesktop to fail when using the krdc remote desktop utility. Using krdc to connect to a terminal server resulted in errors such as the following :
The version of rdesktop you are using ([version]) is too old :
rdesktop [version] or greater is required. A working patch for rdesktop [version] can be found in KDE CVS.
In this updated package, krdc successfully connects to terminal servers.
Users of rdesktop should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected rdesktop package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33584
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0725.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/25/2008
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rdesktop, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1801
BID: 29097