CVE-2023-40184 (GCVE-0-2023-40184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 17:48 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
Improper handling of session establishment errors in xrdp
Summary
xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol (RDP) server. In versions prior to 0.9.23 improper handling of session establishment errors allows bypassing OS-level session restrictions. The `auth_start_session` function can return non-zero (1) value on, e.g., PAM error which may result in in session restrictions such as max concurrent sessions per user by PAM (ex ./etc/security/limits.conf) to be bypassed. Users (administrators) don't use restrictions by PAM are not affected. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.9.23. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Severity
2.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-30 15:44 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
neutrinolabs xrdp Affected: < 0.9.23
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