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CVE-2008-1802 (GCVE-0-2008-1802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) redirect request with modified length fields.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-ann… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30713 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31928 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-05-07 00:00
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