SB2012101801 - Gentoo update for rdesktop

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1595)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled,. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in a pathname.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201210-03