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Debian: CVE-2020-9498: guacamole-server -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-9498: guacamole-server -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/02/2020
Created
11/10/2020
Added
11/09/2020
Modified
11/09/2020

Description

Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older may mishandle pointers involved inprocessing data received via RDP static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, a series ofspecially-crafted PDUs could result in memory corruption, possiblyallowing arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of therunning guacd process.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-guacamole-server

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