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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20176: rdesktop: Denial of Service in sec_parse_crypt_info and sec_recv

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2018-20176: rdesktop: Denial of Service in sec_parse_crypt_info and sec_recv
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2018, 20176, rdesktop, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Mar 15, 2019

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 9, 2025

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain several Out-Of- Bounds Reads in the file secure.c that result in a Denial of Service (segfault).

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2018-20176

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