CVE-2008-1803

Impact

Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=698
• http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdesktop.c?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&pathrev=HEAD
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30118
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30248
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30713
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31224
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31928
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20080511065217.GA24455%40cse.unsw.EDU.AU
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00270.html
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00296.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0575.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019992
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1467/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2403
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42277
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9800
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=698