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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20178: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in the function process_demand_active() that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-rdesktop
Title
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