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SUSE: CVE-2018-8793: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-8793: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/05/2019
Created
03/05/2020
Added
09/17/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function cssp_read_tsrequest() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-rdesktop

References

  • CVE-2018-8793

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