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Gentoo: GLSA-202103-09 Normal: vncviewer Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2019
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote execution multiple issues normal severity rdesktop

Resolution

All rdesktop users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-20174 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20174 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-20175 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20175 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-20176 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20176 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-20177 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20177 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-20178 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20178 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-20179 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20179 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-20180 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20180 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-20181 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20181 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-20182 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20182 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-8791 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8791 [ 11 ] CVE-2018-8792 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8792 [ 12 ] CVE-2018-8793 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8793 [ 13 ] CVE-2018-8794 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8794 [ 14...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: rdesktop: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 10, 2019
Bugs: #674558
ID: 201903-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote execution multiple issues normal severity rdesktop

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

rdesktop is a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/rdesktop < 1.8.4 >= 1.8.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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