ASA-2019-00054 – rdesktop: Out-of-bounds read in function rdpsnd_process_ping()

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ASA-2019-00054

Identifier(s)

ASA-2019-00054, CVE-2018-8798

Title

Out-of-bounds read in function rdpsnd_process_ping()

Vendor(s)

rdesktop team

Product(s)

rdesktop

Affected version(s)

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3

Fixed version(s)

rdesktop v1.8.4

Proof of concept

Unknown

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an out-of-bounds read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.

Technical details

Unknown

Credits

Eyal Itkin (Checkpoint Research)

Reference(s)

Reverse RDP Attack: Code Execution on RDP Clients
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/

Updated ChangeLog and bumped version to 1.8.4
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/34b8a18fe5d4de795851defe34b3ad3e1f43532b

CVE-2018-8798
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8798

CVE-2018-8798
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8798

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Last modified: October 10, 2019

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