Description
Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.
Published: 2008-05-12
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 16.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1573-1 New php5 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-646-1 rdesktop vulnerabilities
References
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http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=698 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdesktop.c?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&pathrev=HEAD cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30118 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30248 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30713 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31224 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31928 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20080511065217.GA24455%40cse.unsw.EDU.AU cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00270.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00296.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0575.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019992 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1467/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2403 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42277 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1803 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9800 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1803 cve-icon
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Rdesktop Rdesktop
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.562Z

Reserved: 2008-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1803

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-12T22:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1803

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1803 - Bugzilla

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