CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8798

Buffer Over-read

Published: Feb 05, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.

Weakness

The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rdesktop Rdesktop * 1.8.3 (including)
Rdesktop Ubuntu bionic *
Rdesktop Ubuntu cosmic *
Rdesktop Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Rdesktop Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Rdesktop Ubuntu trusty *
Rdesktop Ubuntu upstream *
Rdesktop Ubuntu xenial *

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