MGASA-2019-0209

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    MGASA-2019-0209

    Published: 21 Jul 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated rdesktop packages fix security issues

    Details: This is a security release to address various buffer overflow and overrun issues in the rdesktop protocol handling identified by Kaspersky Lab and National Cyber Security Centre. rdesktop will now detect any attempts to access invalid areas and refuse to continue.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0209.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24797, https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/releases/tag/v1.8.5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rdesktop

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/rdesktop?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.5-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    MGASA-2019-0209 | CVE-DB