CVE-2008-1803

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-05-07
Bugzilla:
445829: CVE-2008-1803 rdesktop: channel_process() Integer Signedness Vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1803 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.4
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (rdesktop) RHSA-2008:0575 2008-07-24

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