vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-20175)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 15, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
rdesktop before 1.8.4 is vulnerable to denial of service in mcs_recv_connect_response() and mcs_parse_domain_params().
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-20175
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-20175
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- URL-https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- URL-https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201902-5
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
- CWE-125
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