ubuntu · CVE-2008-1802

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-1802 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rdesktop), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 4, not-affected 1.

Description:

Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) redirect request with modified length fields.