CVE-2018-20176 Denial of service in n/a
Out-of-bounds reads in rdesktop allow attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input, affecting users of the RDP client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-20176?
CVE-2018-20176 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain several Out-Of- Bounds Reads in the file secure.c that result in a Denial of Service (segfault).
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20176?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rdesktop Rdesktop.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20176?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-20176 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20176 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-20176, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20176, GHSA-32x7-fpgq-gpw8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20176.