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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0485 -- [Debian] New rdesktop packages fix several vulnerabilities 12 May 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: rdesktop Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-1803 CVE-2008-1802 CVE-2008-1801 Ref: ESB-2008.0473 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1573-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst May 11, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : rdesktop Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1801 CVE-2008-1802 CVE-2008-1803 Debian Bug : 480133 480134 480135 Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, a Remote Desktop Protocol client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-1801 Remote exploitation of an integer underflow vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user. CVE-2008-1802 Remote exploitation of a BSS overflow vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user. CVE-2008-1803 Remote exploitation of an integer signedness vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0-1etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006. We recommend that you upgrade your rdesktop package. Upgrade instructions - - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 20213 2f0174a7cec7a431f82234c9cebaadd5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 245137 433546f60fc0f201e99307ba188369ed http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 932 ea3849b040a1fecdbca046458b5c4e22 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 182160 30e6bc460bdfcc99e0d71b6171f90238 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 137356 0cefb8fb94740fbc46feae4f8d8dd888 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 141908 5f350550c2f54138d9fc2f7f8af24626 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 145270 9153febda46b7c6a9e892880e0eacc90 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 123872 608524d02a24a20f4eb4c34ae101d87c ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 194538 69b2707d0ee990acd980e9dbd44d4a00 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 146580 c030489088218b9ef271d75c469d50f1 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 141286 dc62405a5d851c189248d23044ce17e6 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 144540 aa95e6306a2c643465cc4514463cd967 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 127814 7a8fd0a99fe22dd98f6bd64bdcd9ce48 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSCcNhGz0hbPcukPfAQLmgQf/X/2ykcs9/NaSXRBXjCjeK3K1m0gH7YEb Y0m6Tol1VHtEHEYmQGbMfGYTaKMYNpqRqrI4ZiTUsfSqRqQEcFqrUf82oVlyBieW RG24YuYJP4oWVqbhO7vgcWxYdgi2CUwTsHLD+Z09L47jP8pLTWRcH5ywC8WYGoGT DRstvaCw2g7+g4u/tFDwlNjgoLgMJxY2BmCZ9fzog8W2NZqjjleuR9GQOuyZ8+1a /DM2/H1iLt+VrmkPqPXPpP7q74ztGYQD6b6oTurMM2m8dy3JRoOTf/hf0Xgduyxp tOuIubMek9qkIxJKd2J0tKLQGu2y2IwzeRCT+1I8YFqWQQcEozBFkA== =3qV6 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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