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Debian: CVE-2019-15682: rdesktop -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-15682: rdesktop -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/30/2019
Created
11/06/2019
Added
11/05/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

RDesktop version 1.8.4 contains multiple out-of-bound access read vulnerabilities in its code, which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. These issues have been fixed in version 1.8.5

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-rdesktop

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