Date:         Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:03:14 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for rdesktop on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Moderate: rdesktop security update
Issue date:	2008-07-24
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-1801 CVE-2008-1803

An integer underflow and integer signedness issue were 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, CVE-2008-1803)

SL 5.x

    SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.4.1-6.src.rpm
    i386:
rdesktop-1.4.1-6.i386.rpm
    x86_64:
rdesktop-1.4.1-6.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson