SB2019103040 - Out-of-bounds read in rdesktop
Published: October 30, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019103040
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15682)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
RDesktop version 1.8.4 contains multiple out-of-bound access read vulnerabilities in its code, which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. These issues have been fixed in version 1.8.5
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.