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 Severity: Normal
    Title: rdesktop: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: March 10, 2019
     Bugs: #674558
       ID: 201903-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, the worst of
which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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rdesktop is a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Client.

Affected packages
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  1  net-misc/rdesktop            < 1.8.4                    >= 1.8.4 

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain
sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All rdesktop users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.4"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2018-20174
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20174
[  2 ] CVE-2018-20175
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20175
[  3 ] CVE-2018-20176
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20176
[  4 ] CVE-2018-20177
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20177
[  5 ] CVE-2018-20178
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20178
[  6 ] CVE-2018-20179
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20179
[  7 ] CVE-2018-20180
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20180
[  8 ] CVE-2018-20181
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20181
[  9 ] CVE-2018-20182
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20182
[ 10 ] CVE-2018-8791
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8791
[ 11 ] CVE-2018-8792
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8792
[ 12 ] CVE-2018-8793
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8793
[ 13 ] CVE-2018-8794
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8794
[ 14 ] CVE-2018-8795
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8795
[ 15 ] CVE-2018-8796
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8796
[ 16 ] CVE-2018-8797
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8797
[ 17 ] CVE-2018-8798
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8798
[ 18 ] CVE-2018-8799
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8799
[ 19 ] CVE-2018-8800
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8800

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/